NUTS-3 NL365 · Netherlands
Oost-Zuid-Holland
Export region data (CSV)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).
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)
89.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability97
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).
All indicators · 60 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.
897
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
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 91
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
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)
-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
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