NUTS-3 ES640 · Spain
Population
87,0672025
GDP
€1,754M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
24.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
55%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
11.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES640 · ES704
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Fuerteventura (Opportunity 34). Runner-up: Melilla (16). Contrarian pick: Melilla — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 82).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (99) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2Melilla
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Demographic outlook (83)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 12 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Fuerteventura
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 0) — Melilla may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Fuerteventura 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
16.4
34.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.8
26.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.1
40.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
30.3
44.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.5
32.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
40.0
38.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
17.6
78.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
9.4% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.8% 5y
9.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€20,140
€23,686
Population density
7,404 /km²
78 /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)
€1,699M
€2,878M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1M
€27M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€58M
€129M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€17M
€50M
GVA — construction (F)
€85M
€178M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€332M
€1,350M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,900
€15,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,000 PPS
27,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,500
€24,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€387M
€8,461M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1M
€298M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€1,117M
€28,532M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€375M
€633M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€848M
€562M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,649M
€2,910M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€56,124
€62,333
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€439M
€544M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,300
52,700
Self-employed persons
4,300
7,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
200
900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
63.3%
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
60.2%
29.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
24.7%
13.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
37,200
70,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,751
9,292
Enterprise births
495
1,131
Enterprise deaths
478
821
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
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2.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.0%
36.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.2%
43.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.5%
13.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.0%
17.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.2%
5.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.5%
97.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
133,821
15,743,160
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
615 /1k
609 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
150 kt
3,173 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
39 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
16
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
58,987
95,341
Population aged 65+
11,039
16,814
Population aged under 15
17,041
16,925
Median age of population
36.7 yrs
42.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
18.7%
17.6%
Crude rate of total population change
12.5 /1k
18.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.3 /1k
16.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.2 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
5.0 /1k
4.6 /1k
Live births
795
866
Deaths
434
588
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.6%
35.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
0.98
Population density (persons per km²)
6,180 /km²
77 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
94,454
208,098
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
43.7%
31.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.3 yrs
82.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
39.3%
22.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
193 /100k
290 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,062 /100k
826 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
206 /100k
214 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
123 /100k
68.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
119 /100k
234 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
315 /100k
501 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
11 /M
31 /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)
51 m
222 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
26 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
0 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
0 days/yr