NUTS-3 NL362 · Netherlands
Delft en Westland
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 60 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
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.2%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
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
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
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