NUTS-3 NL364 · Netherlands
Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland
Export region data (CSV)Zuidoost-Zuid-Holland generates €23bn of GDP across 382.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 77.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.6%/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 clean environment (46th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
77.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60.4
Livability67.9
Market access99
Economic scale84
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability80
Labour stability97
Diversification93
Demographic stability78
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)
71.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
Airport access78
Market access99
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
44.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1014.8 µg/m³
NO213.7 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
67.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy76
Jobs59.5
Education90
Health54
Safety84
Connectivity66
Environment46
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
60.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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 · 28.3%Diversified · HHI 1909
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 14.6%Construction 10.8%Trade · transport · ICT 28.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.4%Public · health · education 16.7%
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 · 63 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,313M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€110M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,972M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,764M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — construction (F)
€2,184M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,739M
2023 · EU pctl 88
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)
50,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€59,200
2024 · EU pctl 91
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)
€1,356M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — information & communication (J)
€418M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,555M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,385M
2023 · EU pctl 78
Labour market
Employment, total persons
210,600
2024 · EU pctl 75
Self-employed persons
32,500
2023 · EU pctl 73
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,600
2023 · EU pctl 57
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)
44,531
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise births
4,319
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise deaths
2,064
2023 · EU pctl 70
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.7%
2023 · EU pctl 96
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)
582,996
2024 · EU pctl 36
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.
1,064
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
278
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
241,002
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged 65+
78,792
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged under 15
63,000
2025 · EU pctl 73
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 13
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.7%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Crude rate of total population change
4.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
3,906
2024 · EU pctl 78
Deaths
3,693
2024 · EU pctl 60
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.65
2024 · EU pctl 92
Population density (persons per km²)
1,067 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 90
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 0
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 50
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 58
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 33
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