NUTS-3 ES242 · Spain
Population
136,0912025
GDP
€4,324M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
14,813.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES242 · SI043
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Goriška (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Teruel (41). Contrarian pick: Teruel — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 100).
#2Teruel
Strengths
Freight intensity (100) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Goriška
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 32) — Teruel may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Goriška leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
40.9
43.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.0
44.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.1
50.9
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
16.7
51.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
61.3
81.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.4
63.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.6% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.3% 5y
0.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,776
€28,034
Population density
9 /km²
51 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,946M
€2,931M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€472M
€77M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€697M
€963M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€461M
€808M
GVA — construction (F)
€296M
€228M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€930M
€545M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,900
€17,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
31,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,000
€28,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,383M
€7,464M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,967M
€1,358M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,292M
€20,182M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€234M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€75M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€613M
€510M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€939M
€608M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,899M
€2,671M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,553
€60,567
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€984M
€678M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
61,800
57,400
Self-employed persons
13,300
13,640
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,900
14,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.1%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.1%
10.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.0%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
66,100
55,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,140
11,286
Enterprise births
666
1,046
Enterprise deaths
635
763
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.6%
7.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.2%
2.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.0%
39.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.6%
45.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.1%
25.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.7%
29.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.7%
10.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.6%
94.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,427,216
1,491,187
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
499 /1k
582 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,306 kt
4,124 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
52
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
38 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
38
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
119
43
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
85,581
71,726
Population aged 65+
33,547
29,549
Population aged under 15
16,963
16,821
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
47.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.2%
41.2%
Crude rate of total population change
5.8 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.3 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
880
965
Deaths
1,762
1,303
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
64.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
1.76
Population density (persons per km²)
9 /km²
51 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
81,521
96,972
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.1%
13.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.3 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.6%
12.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
352 /100k
464 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
812 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
226 /100k
287 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.1 /100k
5.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
237 /100k
245 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
798 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
31 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.26
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.74
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.92
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.75
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.77
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.132/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,342 m
643 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
34 days/yr