NUTS-3 NL362 · Netherlands
Delft en Westland
Delft en Westland generates €17bn of GDP across 246.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 77/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (90th EU percentile) and weakest for health (54th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Economic base94
Digital readiness94
Talent & skills93
Resilience88
Labour market75
Freight intensity75
Connectivity73
Quality of life71
Growth momentum64
Energy cost61
Cost advantage38
Industrial base12
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
77
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.6
Livability71.2
Market access95
Economic scale78
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
87.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability63
Labour stability97
Diversification97
Demographic stability94
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
72.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density29
Airport access94
Market access95
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
93.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary92
Lifelong learning95
Knowledge workers93
Scientists & engineers93
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
71.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy78
Jobs59.5
Education90
Health54
Safety84
Connectivity61.5
Environment—
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
63.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Trade · transport · ICT · 24.3%Diversified · HHI 1758
Agriculture 7.9%Industry 11.6%Construction 4.7%Trade · transport · ICT 24.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.3%Public · health · education 19%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€16,905M2024
9.3% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Population
246,5122025
0.7% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Employment
161,1002024
0.6% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Gross value added
€15,171M2024
9.0% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,171M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,196M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,755M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,100M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — construction (F)
€718M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,684M
2023 · EU pctl 80
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,500
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
58,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 94
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€68,700
2024 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€47,953M
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,533M
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€103,312M
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€998M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — information & communication (J)
€687M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,686M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,876M
2023 · EU pctl 73
Labour market
Employment, total persons
161,100
2024 · EU pctl 65
Self-employed persons
22,700
2023 · EU pctl 61
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,300
2023 · EU pctl 23
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
84.3%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,757
2023 · EU pctl 74
Enterprise births
3,039
2023 · EU pctl 74
Enterprise deaths
1,396
2023 · EU pctl 59
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.1%
2023 · EU pctl 98
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
47.3%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
56.7%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
33.0%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.2%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
839,679
2024 · EU pctl 48
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
440 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
323
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,118 kt
2025 · EU pctl 64
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
134 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
131
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
164,430
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged 65+
46,499
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
35,583
2025 · EU pctl 51
Median age of population
38.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.3%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of total population change
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude death rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Live births
2,165
2024 · EU pctl 57
Deaths
2,009
2024 · EU pctl 33
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
1,596 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 94
Health
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
239 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
28 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.142/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 39
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 0
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.9%
2021 · EU pctl 19
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