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NUTS-3 ES422 · Spain

Ciudad Real

Population

494,8482025

GDP

€12,447M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

12.8%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

70.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

19,802.6 km²

NUTS-3 ES421 · Spain

Albacete

Population

390,7512025

GDP

€10,285M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

12.8%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

70.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

14,926.2 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Albacete (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Ciudad Real (46).

#1Albacete

Strengths

Energy cost (95) · Freight intensity (75)

Red flags

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)

#2Ciudad Real

Strengths

Energy cost (95) · Cost advantage (74)

Red flags

Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Albacete

Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 13) — Ciudad Real may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Albacete 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

46.4

49.6

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

45.3

49.5

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

42.3

45.2

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

39.3

48.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

9.0

13.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

45.3

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

50.2

66.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

1.7% 5y

2.7% 5y

Population

0.0% 5y

0.1% 5y

Unemployment rate

5.7% 5y

6.8% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€25,154

€26,322

Population density

25 /km²

26 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€11,358M

€9,386M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€1,013M

€813M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€2,475M

€1,882M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€1,912M

€1,178M

GVA — construction (F)

€820M

€537M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€2,369M

€2,175M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€15,800

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

28,400 PPS

29,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€25,300

€26,500

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€9,963M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€1,892M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€23,774M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€2,050M

€1,731M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€2,633M

€2,247M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€11,087M

€9,161M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€74,064

€68,142

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€2,677M

€2,212M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

181,500

163,000

Self-employed persons

31,300

31,100

Employment in manufacturing (C)

21,500

19,700

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

74.4%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

27.6%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

12.8%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

244,200

195,600

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

30,354

26,533

Enterprise births

2,265

2,043

Enterprise deaths

2,304

1,938

3-year enterprise survival rate

3.7%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

0.6%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

3.7%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

0.4%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

33.3%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

47.4%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

14.0%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

18.8%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

5.6%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

96.3%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

935,863

1,315,813

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

599 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

16,664 kt

16,102 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

23 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

173

125

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

323,424

258,963

Population aged 65+

107,980

81,452

Population aged under 15

63,444

50,336

Median age of population

46.6 yrs

46.3 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

33.4%

31.5%

Crude rate of total population change

3.8 /1k

4.3 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

8.0 /1k

7.6 /1k

Crude birth rate

6.5 /1k

Crude death rate

10.7 /1k

9.8 /1k

Live births

3,224

2,545

Deaths

5,275

3,826

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

53.0%

50.9%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.17

Population density (persons per km²)

25 /km²

26 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

269,825

258,619

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

34.0%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.9 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

25.9%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

236 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

837 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

206 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.2 /100k

0.0 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

34.9 /100k

53.2 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

238 /100k

319 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

154 /100k

230 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

50 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.14

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.84

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.96

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.78

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.16

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.106/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.048/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

631 m

920 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

90 days/yr

52 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

26 days/yr

16 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

2 days/yr