NUTS-3 ES613 · Spain
Population
773,1632025
GDP
€17,217M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
15.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
65.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
13,776.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES613 · CZ042
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ústecký kraj (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Córdoba (49). Contrarian pick: Córdoba — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 95).
Strengths
Industrial base (81) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
#2Córdoba
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Cost advantage (78)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ústecký kraj
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 11) — Córdoba may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ústecký kraj · Manufacturing → Ústecký kraj · Office → Córdoba · Residential → Ústecký kraj.
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
49.2
51.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
41.3
27.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
38.2
31.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
27.0
34.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
12.0
47.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.8
10.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.6
48.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.8% 5y
0.4% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.5% 5y
5.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,269
€20,446
Population density
56 /km²
152 /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)
€15,711M
€15,087M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,480M
€302M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,187M
€5,164M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,786M
€3,956M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,059M
€1,037M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,082M
€2,897M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,700
€13,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,900 PPS
25,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,200
€20,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€38,703M
€6,471M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,996M
€1,776M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€98,864M
€10,301M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,610M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€379M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,532M
€2,453M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,370M
€3,234M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,838M
€11,958M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€64,009
€50,925
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,791M
€5,255M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
288,400
346,960
Self-employed persons
46,700
35,560
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,600
93,460
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.4%
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
32.7%
15.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
15.2%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
365,100
394,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
49,913
69,904
Enterprise births
4,012
6,870
Enterprise deaths
3,724
5,292
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.0%
1.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
16.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
19.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
10.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
4.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
95.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,375,058
1,699,249
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
535 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,694 kt
25,364 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
3,151
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
18 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
390
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
59
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)
505,745
518,221
Population aged 65+
166,890
167,864
Population aged under 15
100,528
122,271
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
44.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.0%
32.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.5 /1k
-3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
0.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
11.7 /1k
Live births
5,327
6,132
Deaths
7,749
9,493
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.9%
56.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
155 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
527,656
685,919
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
34.7%
13.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
78.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
27.7%
11.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
217 /100k
622 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
972 /100k
1,692 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
286 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.0 /100k
27.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
237 /100k
295 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
181 /100k
368 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
47 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
1.00
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.146/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
411 m
353 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
103 days/yr
12 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
89 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
1 days/yr