NUTS-3 NL416 · Netherlands
Noordoost-Noord-Brabant
Export region data (CSV)Noordoost-Noord-Brabant generates €43bn of GDP across 681.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 81/100 places it in the top tier 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 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (85th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (52th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
81
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.4
Livability67.4
Market access100
Economic scale94
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)
81.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability84
Labour stability60
Diversification97
Demographic stability86
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)
70.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density33
Airport access79
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)
51.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510 µg/m³
PM1013 µg/m³
NO210.9 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)
67.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy79.5
Jobs83
Education85
Health54.5
Safety52
Connectivity65
Environment52.7
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
62.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 22.4%Diversified · HHI 1788
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 19.6%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.4%Public · health · education 18.9%
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)
€38,594M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,065M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,550M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,974M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€3,069M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,417M
2023 · EU pctl 93
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)
54,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 92
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€63,300
2024 · EU pctl 94
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)
€2,822M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,387M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,640M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,295M
2023 · EU pctl 93
Labour market
Employment, total persons
401,400
2024 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
66,500
2023 · EU pctl 92
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,900
2023 · EU pctl 82
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)
88,588
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise births
7,653
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise deaths
4,249
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 93
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)
1,852,993
2024 · EU pctl 68
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.
1,415
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
208
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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)
430,701
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
151,371
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged under 15
99,759
2025 · EU pctl 87
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 34
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
6,269
2024 · EU pctl 91
Deaths
6,585
2024 · EU pctl 85
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
509 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 83
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)
8 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
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 40
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