NUTS-3 NL422 · Netherlands
Midden-Limburg
Midden-Limburg generates €12bn of GDP across 243.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 75.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (77.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (42th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser61 → 79 EU percentile since 1995 (+18 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Governance91
Digital readiness88
Economic base81
Resilience79
Talent & skills78
Growth momentum74
Connectivity69
Labour market67
Quality of life61
Freight intensity61
Energy cost61
Cost advantage45
Industrial base45
Demographic outlook35
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)
75.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth73.8
Livability61.4
Market access98
Economic scale68
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)
78.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability88
Labour stability53
Diversification98
Demographic stability75
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
Airport access74
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)
78.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary79
Lifelong learning89
Knowledge workers67
Scientists & engineers78
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)
61.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy68
Jobs77.5
Education59
Health42
Safety52.5
Connectivity62
Environment69
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
73.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.5 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: Industry · 22%Diversified · HHI 1726
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 22%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 21.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.7%Public · health · education 19.8%
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)
€12,468M2024
9.9% 1y 6.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,330M2025
1.4% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Population
243,7922025
0.5% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Unemployment rate
3.0%2025
9.1% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
125,4002024
2.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Productivity / employee
€103,9672025
4.7% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Gross value added
€11,189M2024
9.7% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,189M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€393M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,465M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,804M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — construction (F)
€659M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,380M
2023 · EU pctl 69
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,400
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 81
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,300
2024 · EU pctl 85
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,196M
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,560M
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€26,730M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€860M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — information & communication (J)
€136M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,091M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,216M
2023 · EU pctl 65
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,330M
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€103,967
2025 · EU pctl 85
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,618M
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour market
Employment, total persons
125,400
2024 · EU pctl 53
Self-employed persons
22,000
2023 · EU pctl 60
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,900
2023 · EU pctl 41
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.1%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
129,900
2025 · EU pctl 52
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,705
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise births
2,311
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise deaths
1,331
2023 · EU pctl 57
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 91
Innovation & R&D
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.3%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.8%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
22.9%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.7%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.0%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,871,198
2024 · EU pctl 76
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
545 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,084 kt
2025 · EU pctl 55
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
602
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
247
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
98 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
148,541
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged 65+
63,406
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged under 15
31,845
2025 · EU pctl 47
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 73
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.7%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Crude rate of total population change
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
1,985
2024 · EU pctl 53
Deaths
2,846
2024 · EU pctl 48
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
364 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 78
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
212,002
2100 · EU pctl 49
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,066 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
249 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
227 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,159 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.77
2022 · EU pctl 57
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.72
2022 · EU pctl 93
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.73
2022 · EU pctl 91
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.92
2022 · EU pctl 91
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.63
2022 · EU pctl 82
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)
25 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 31
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 26
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
230 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 96
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.5%
2021 · EU pctl 83
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