NUTS-3 ES514 · Spain
Population
875,5302025
GDP
€29,472M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
6,298.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
ES514 · ES220
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Tarragona (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Navarra (62). Contrarian pick: Navarra — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 85).
Why you might not pick Tarragona
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 31) — Navarra may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Tarragona 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
62.1
61.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
46.3
53.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.5
63.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
54.0
73.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
40.0
16.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
76.8
78.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
69.0
66.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.3% 5y
3.9% 5y
Population
1.4% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.9% 5y
5.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€33,661
€36,522
Population density
139 /km²
66 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,894M
€22,761M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€407M
€859M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,463M
€6,806M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,742M
€5,852M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,398M
€1,262M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,861M
€4,873M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,900
€21,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,700 PPS
41,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,500
€37,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€57,689M
€5,852M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,484M
€1,789M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€147,909M
€12,398M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,993M
€4,459M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,773M
€4,503M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€27,966M
€23,203M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,024
€83,183
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,808M
€6,638M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
355,800
320,800
Self-employed persons
53,600
40,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,800
73,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
75.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.1%
20.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.4%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
453,300
342,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
57,280
43,783
Enterprise births
5,197
2,987
Enterprise deaths
4,637
3,423
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.6%
3.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
1.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.9%
50.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.5%
60.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
18.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.1%
28.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
8.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.5%
97.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
19,697,521
4,082,631
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
450 /1k
538 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
33,553 kt
33,112 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,345
22
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
46 km/1000km²
41 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
154
3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
117
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
577,580
445,109
Population aged 65+
176,264
143,534
Population aged under 15
121,686
95,211
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
45.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.5%
32.2%
Crude rate of total population change
15.9 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.1 /1k
10.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
8.9 /1k
Live births
5,782
4,568
Deaths
7,749
6,042
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.6%
53.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
139 /km²
66 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
731,160
715,651
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.3%
16.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.3 yrs
84.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.3%
12.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
360 /100k
316 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
806 /100k
725 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
208 /100k
194 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
69.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
287 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
581 /100k
299 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
39 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
21 m
392 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
42 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
22 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr