NUTS-3 NL415 · Netherlands
Midden-Noord-Brabant
Export region data (CSV)Midden-Noord-Brabant generates €27bn of GDP across 512k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 78.4/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (85th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (44th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
78.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth61
Livability65.4
Market access100
Economic scale87
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)
81
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability85
Labour stability60
Diversification91
Demographic stability88
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density31
Airport access80
Market access100
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)
89.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary90
Lifelong learning92
Knowledge workers84
Scientists & engineers92
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)
43
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.6 µg/m³
PM1014.6 µg/m³
NO211.4 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)
65.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy75
Jobs83
Education85
Health54.5
Safety52
Connectivity64
Environment44
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
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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 · 25.4%Diversified · HHI 1947
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 13.4%Construction 5.3%Trade · transport · ICT 25.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.1%Public · health · education 21.4%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,853M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€598M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,205M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,021M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — construction (F)
€1,263M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,052M
2023 · EU pctl 89
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,000
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 83
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,100
2024 · EU pctl 86
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€30,094M
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,238M
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€73,167M
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,879M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — information & communication (J)
€349M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,995M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,095M
2023 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
288,900
2024 · EU pctl 85
Self-employed persons
46,500
2023 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,300
2023 · EU pctl 65
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
86.3%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
61,820
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
5,560
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise deaths
3,036
2023 · EU pctl 77
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.9%
2023 · EU pctl 97
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.5%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.9%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
54.7%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.5%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.1%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.5%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,821,655
2024 · EU pctl 82
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
565 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 34 · 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.
974
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
190
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
331,747
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged 65+
106,156
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged under 15
74,067
2025 · EU pctl 78
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of total population change
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Live births
4,533
2024 · EU pctl 82
Deaths
4,881
2024 · EU pctl 73
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
555 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 84
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,001 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
249 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
43 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
21 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 35
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
32 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
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 48
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 43
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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