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NUTS-3 ES514 · Spain

Tarragona

Population

875,5302025

GDP

€29,472M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

8.4%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

76.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

6,298.6 km²

NUTS-3 ES612 · Spain

Cádiz

Population

1,261,4202025

GDP

€26,784M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

15.2%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

65.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

7,442.6 km²

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Tarragona (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Cádiz (52). Contrarian pick: Cádiz — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 78).

#1Tarragona

Strengths

Energy cost (95) · Digital readiness (90)

No red flags

#2Cádiz

Strengths

Energy cost (95) · Cost advantage (78)

Red flags

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Tarragona

Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 31) — Cádiz 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

52.1

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

46.3

37.8

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

58.5

38.3

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

54.0

34.7

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

40.0

23.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

76.8

46.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

69.0

60.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

5.3% 5y

3.8% 5y

Population

1.4% 5y

0.2% 5y

Unemployment rate

10.9% 5y

7.2% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€33,661

€21,233

Population density

139 /km²

169 /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)

€26,894M

€24,441M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€407M

€844M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€6,463M

€3,445M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€4,742M

€1,685M

GVA — construction (F)

€1,398M

€1,447M

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

€6,861M

€6,139M

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

€19,900

€14,700

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

38,700 PPS

23,900 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€34,500

€21,300

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

€57,689M

€38,703M

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

€9,484M

€2,996M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€147,909M

€98,864M

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

€6,993M

€5,848M

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

€4,773M

€6,718M

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

€27,966M

€24,638M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€89,024

€67,873

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€6,808M

€5,897M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

355,800

423,100

Self-employed persons

53,600

64,200

Employment in manufacturing (C)

45,800

29,900

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

77.4%

71.4%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

19.1%

32.7%

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

8.4%

15.2%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

453,300

613,300

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

57,280

69,086

Enterprise births

5,197

6,848

Enterprise deaths

4,637

5,958

3-year enterprise survival rate

4.2%

4.5%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.9%

1.1%

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

6.6%

3.0%

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

1.5%

0.8%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

46.9%

36.7%

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

57.5%

45.4%

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

16.2%

13.7%

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

28.1%

21.4%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

8.8%

5.7%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

98.5%

96.5%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

19,697,521

11,137,847

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

450 /1k

535 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

33,553 kt

26,508 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

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

46 km/1000km²

31 km/1000km²

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

154

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

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

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

577,580

849,694

Population aged 65+

176,264

242,742

Population aged under 15

121,686

168,984

Median age of population

45.2 yrs

45.4 yrs

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

30.5%

28.6%

Crude rate of total population change

15.9 /1k

2.1 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

18.1 /1k

4.2 /1k

Crude birth rate

6.7 /1k

6.3 /1k

Crude death rate

8.9 /1k

8.4 /1k

Live births

5,782

7,992

Deaths

7,749

10,597

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

51.6%

48.5%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.18

1.11

Population density (persons per km²)

139 /km²

172 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

731,160

941,850

Social

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

21.3%

34.7%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

84.3 yrs

82.9 yrs

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

14.3%

27.7%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

360 /100k

217 /100k

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

806 /100k

972 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

208 /100k

217 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

1.7 /100k

0.9 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

144 /100k

58.5 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

479 /100k

211 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

581 /100k

280 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

32 /M

41 /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)

21 m

66 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

85 days/yr

73 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

6 days/yr

0 days/yr

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

5 days/yr

7 days/yr