NUTS-3 ES212 · Spain
Population
733,1492025
GDP
€28,428M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,978.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES212 · ITH54
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Modena (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Gipuzkoa (61). Contrarian pick: Gipuzkoa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 95).
Why you might not pick Modena
Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 20) — Gipuzkoa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Modena · Manufacturing → Gipuzkoa · Office → Gipuzkoa · Residential → Modena.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
60.8
63.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.3
38.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
65.1
45.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
55.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
31.3
48.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
88.5
34.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.0
52.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.9% 5y
4.0% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
7.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,775
€48,410
Population density
370 /km²
263 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,941M
€30,805M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€157M
€393M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,853M
€11,844M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,546M
€11,438M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,437M
€1,928M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,826M
€5,153M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,200
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,800 PPS
50,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
€48,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,022M
€45,497M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,378M
€12,104M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,785M
€74,553M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€3,736M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€562M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,964M
€7,768M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,706M
€3,719M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€26,570M
€31,017M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,507
€97,531
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,956M
€8,152M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
362,400
362,200
Self-employed persons
43,100
76,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
79,300
102,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.6%
74.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.6%
17.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
351,500
345,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
49,652
59,441
Enterprise births
3,819
4,156
Enterprise deaths
3,559
3,423
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.4%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
3.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.2%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
25.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
68.6%
36.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
19.8%
13.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.5%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
5.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.5%
96.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,525,954
2,115,708
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
478 /1k
691 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,679 kt
20,488 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
69
2
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
70 km/1000km²
31 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
9
0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
465,410
451,205
Population aged 65+
176,195
169,492
Population aged under 15
91,544
87,643
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
48.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.9%
37.6%
Crude rate of total population change
4.7 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
4,430
4,809
Deaths
7,327
7,573
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
371 /km²
264 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
705,837
790,179
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.7%
8.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.7 yrs
84.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.3%
6.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
327 /100k
369 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
779 /100k
860 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
72.6 /100k
48.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
384 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
378 /100k
1,559 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
21 /M
61 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
395 m
84 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
48 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
33 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
10 days/yr