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Utrecht

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At a glance

A quick read on Utrecht

Three verified signals, with their actual geographic scope kept visible.

Population change over ten years

+8.6%Utrecht · 2025[10][11]

Unemployment rate

3.8%Utrecht · 2025[1]

Life expectancy at birth

82.4 yearsUtrecht · 2024[4]

3 verified metrics

Work and economy

Unemployment rate

Grade A

3.8%

Applies to
UtrechtNUTS 2
Period
2025
Method
reported
Source
[1]

Unemployed people aged 15 to 74 as a share of the economically active population of the same age, for the region containing the city.

Youth unemployment rate

Grade A

9.5%

Applies to
UtrechtNUTS 2
Period
2025
Method
reported
Source
[2]

Unemployed people aged 15 to 24 as a share of the economically active population of the same age, for the region containing the city.

Regional GDP per capita

Grade B

64,900 PPS per inhabitant

Applies to
UtrechtNUTS 2
Period
2024
Method
reported
Source
[3]

Gross domestic product per inhabitant in purchasing power standards, for the region containing the city.

Regional GDP reflects where output is produced, which can skew commuter regions. Provisional; Eurostat may revise it.

3 verified metrics

Health

Life expectancy at birth

Grade A

82.4 years

Applies to
UtrechtNUTS 2
Period
2024
Method
reported
Source
[4]

Life expectancy at birth, for the region containing the city.

Healthy life years at birth

Grade A

59.5 years

Applies to
NetherlandsCountry
Period
2024
Method
reported
Source
[5]

Years expected to be lived without activity limitation, at birth. Published at country level only.

Physicians per 100,000 inhabitants

Grade A

623 per 100,000

Applies to
UtrechtNUTS 2
Period
2024
Method
reported
Source
[6]

Practising physicians per 100,000 inhabitants, for the region containing the city.

Counts registered physicians, not appointment availability.

1 verified metric

Safety

Road fatalities per 100,000 inhabitants

Grade B

3.57 per 100,000

Applies to
UtrechtNUTS 2
Period
2024
Method
derived
Source
[7][8]

People killed in road traffic accidents per 100,000 inhabitants, for the region containing the city.

Calculation: road fatalities / resident population x 100,000

Rate derived from reported fatalities and population. Derived from Eurostat fatalities and 1 January population for the same region and year.

2 verified metrics

Trajectory

Net migration rate

Grade A

+4.3 per 1,000

Applies to
UtrechtNUTS 3
Period
2024
Method
reported
Source
[9]

Net migration including statistical adjustment, per 1,000 inhabitants, for the region containing the city.

Population change over ten years

Grade B

+8.6%

Applies to
UtrechtNUTS 3
Period
2025
Method
derived
Source
[10][11]

Change in resident population over the ten years ending in the observed period, for the region containing the city.

Calculation: (population 2025 - population 2015) / population 2015 x 100

Ten-year change from 2015 to 2025 on the same NUTS 3 boundary.

Audit trail

References

Each link reproduces the exact source query used for the displayed value.

  1. Eurostat. Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-06-30. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset lfst_r_lfu3rt; age=Y15-74; geo=NL35; isced11=TOTAL; sex=T; unit=PC; time=2025

  2. Eurostat. Unemployment rates by educational attainment level and NUTS 2 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-06-30. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset lfst_r_lfu3rt; age=Y15-24; geo=NL35; isced11=TOTAL; sex=T; unit=PC; time=2025

  3. Eurostat. Gross domestic product (GDP) at current market prices by NUTS 2 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-02-10. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset nama_10r_2gdp; geo=NL35; unit=PPS_EU27_2020_HAB; time=2024

  4. Eurostat. Life expectancy by age, sex and NUTS 2 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-06-01. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset demo_r_mlifexp; age=Y_LT1; geo=NL35; sex=T; unit=YR; time=2024

  5. Eurostat. Healthy life years by sex (from 2004 onwards). Netherlands. Published 2026-07-17. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset hlth_hlye; geo=NL; hlth_hle=HLY_Y0; sex=T; unit=YR; time=2024

  6. Eurostat. Physicians by NUTS 2 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-07-13. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset hlth_rs_physreg; geo=NL35; unit=P_HTHAB; time=2024

  7. Eurostat. Victims in road accidents by NUTS 2 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-03-25. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset tran_r_acci; geo=NL35; unit=NR; victim=KIL; time=2024

  8. Eurostat. Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and NUTS 3 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-07-10. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset demo_r_pjanaggr3; age=TOTAL; geo=NL35; sex=T; unit=NR; time=2024

  9. Eurostat. Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at regional level (NUTS 3). Utrecht. Published 2026-07-21. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset demo_r_gind3; geo=NL350; indic_de=CNMIGRATRT; time=2024

  10. Eurostat. Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and NUTS 3 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-07-10. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset demo_r_pjanaggr3; age=TOTAL; geo=NL350; sex=T; unit=NR; time=2015

  11. Eurostat. Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and NUTS 3 region. Utrecht. Published 2026-07-10. Retrieved 2026-07-31. Open exact source query

    dataset demo_r_pjanaggr3; age=TOTAL; geo=NL350; sex=T; unit=NR; time=2025