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Among 12 NUTS 2 regions of Netherlands, Friesland (NL) ranks best in
life expectancy (8th) and lowest in high-tech jobs (11th).
Over time
Indicator
The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish
it, only the region line is shown.
Friesland (NL) vs national value
Economy
GDP per capita
45,500 €/inh.
+2,300 vs 2023
11th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 64,710 €/inh. · -30%
Income per capita
24,800 €/inh.
+2,200 vs 2022
11th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 26,600 €/inh. · -7%
GDP growth
10th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 1.6 % · -150%
Population
Population
8th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 18,130,208 · -96%
Life expectancy
8th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 81.9 years
Population density
11th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 529.5 /km² · -62%
Population change
9th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 4.8 ‰ · -27%
Net migration
8th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 5.2 ‰ · +10%
Median age
4th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 42.6 years · +7%
Aged 65+
4th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 20.8 % · +13%
Fertility
4th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 1.43 · +10%
Doctors
8th of 10 in the country
Netherlands 396 per 100k · -38%
Labour
Unemployment
10th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 3.9 % · +3%
Employment
9th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 83.4 %
High-tech jobs
11th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 5.4 % · -52%
Society
Tourist nights
10,556 per 1,000
−110 vs 2024
5th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 8,121 per 1,000 · +30%
Road deaths
11th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 37 per mn · +43%
Tertiary educated
9th of 12 in the country
Netherlands 46.1 % · -16%
Other regions in Noord-Nederland
Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are
defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.
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