NUTS-3 NL365 · Netherlands
Oost-Zuid-Holland
Oost-Zuid-Holland generates €16bn of GDP across 351.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 76.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.8%/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)
Digital readiness94
Talent & skills93
Resilience90
Labour market75
Connectivity73
Quality of life70
Economic base68
Growth momentum61
Energy cost61
Freight intensity48
Cost advantage38
Industrial base14
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)
76.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth61
Livability69.6
Market access98
Economic scale76
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)
89.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability98
Diversification95
Demographic stability93
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)
73
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
Airport access85
Market access98
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)
69.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy65
Jobs59.5
Education90
Health54
Safety84
Connectivity65
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
61
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
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 · 26.5%Diversified · HHI 1865
Agriculture 3.3%Industry 9.1%Construction 9.5%Trade · transport · ICT 26.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.9%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)
€15,680M2024
8.6% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Population
351,8462025
0.9% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Employment
164,8002024
1.7% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Gross value added
€14,072M2024
8.4% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
All indicators · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,072M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€471M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,277M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,142M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — construction (F)
€1,335M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,730M
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)
38,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 68
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,800
2024 · EU pctl 75
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)
€1,353M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — information & communication (J)
€495M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,500M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,672M
2023 · EU pctl 71
Labour market
Employment, total persons
164,800
2024 · EU pctl 66
Self-employed persons
33,700
2023 · EU pctl 74
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,800
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
42,109
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise births
3,608
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise deaths
1,973
2023 · EU pctl 69
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
2023 · EU pctl 93
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)
771,561
2024 · EU pctl 45
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.
896
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,686 kt
2025 · EU pctl 62
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).
255
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
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)
220,377
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged 65+
73,906
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged under 15
57,563
2025 · EU pctl 71
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of total population change
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude birth rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude death rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Live births
3,888
2024 · EU pctl 78
Deaths
3,055
2024 · EU pctl 51
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.7%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.77
2024 · EU pctl 97
Population density (persons per km²)
708 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 86
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)
-1 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
55.2%
2021 · EU pctl 100
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