NUTS-3 ES703 · Spain
Population
11,9932025
GDP
€232M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
13.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
67.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
267.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES703 · EL624
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: El Hierro (Opportunity 31). Runner-up: Λευκάδα (22). Contrarian pick: Λευκάδα — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (99) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Λευκάδα
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Demographic outlook (89)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick El Hierro
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 2) — Λευκάδα may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Λευκάδα · Manufacturing → Λευκάδα · Office → El Hierro · Residential → El Hierro.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
30.5
21.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.5
8.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.4
27.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
2.5
5.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
38.8
6.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
73.4
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.7% 5y
7.4% 5y
Population
1.5% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.1% 5y
10.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€19,336
€17,964
Population density
45 /km²
63 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€218M
€347M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€12M
€7M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€16M
€13M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6M
€7M
GVA — construction (F)
€15M
€25M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€57M
€160M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€16,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,200 PPS
20,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,800
€17,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,461M
€798M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€298M
€15M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€28,532M
€1,396M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€59M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€1M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€41M
€83M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€78M
€60M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€221M
€360M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€57,958
€48,950
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€41M
€96M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
4,300
9,010
Self-employed persons
800
4,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
100
260
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
70.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
29.5%
30.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
13.3%
9.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
6,000
9,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
718
4,331
Enterprise births
85
319
Enterprise deaths
63
125
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.9%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.1%
—
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.3%
21.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
32.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.1%
1.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.6%
11.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
4.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.3%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
151,519
1,677,265
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
609 /1k
460 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
119 kt
1,672 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
39 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
148
118
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
7,981
13,296
Population aged 65+
2,752
5,799
Population aged under 15
1,260
3,057
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
48.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
43.6%
Crude rate of total population change
17.4 /1k
-8.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
20.7 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
14.5 /1k
Live births
60
155
Deaths
99
323
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.3%
66.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.85
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
64 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
17,593
22,782
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
31.2%
35.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
81.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
22.9%
22.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
290 /100k
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
826 /100k
1,055 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
214 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
59.4 /100k
17.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
161 /100k
215 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
129 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
876 m
773 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
14 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
9 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
21 days/yr