NUTS-3 ES707 · Spain
Population
86,2972025
GDP
€1,863M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
13.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
67.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
708.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
ES707 · HR063
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Koprivničko-križevačka županija (Opportunity 33). Runner-up: La Palma (31). Contrarian pick: La Palma — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Growth momentum (71)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
#2La Palma
Strengths
Demographic outlook (100) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Koprivničko-križevačka županija
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 2) — La Palma may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Koprivničko-križevačka županija · Manufacturing → Koprivničko-križevačka županija · Office → La Palma · Residential → La Palma.
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
31.2
33.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.3
38.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.5
31.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
28.0
3.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
3.5
26.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
38.8
14.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
68.2
71.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.7% 5y
6.9% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.7% 5y
9.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,588
€18,221
Population density
122 /km²
57 /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)
€1,753M
€1,499M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
€214M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€107M
€361M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€46M
€325M
GVA — construction (F)
€136M
€228M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€501M
€232M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€10,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,600 PPS
25,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,900
€18,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,461M
€3,296M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€298M
€1,033M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€28,532M
€6,092M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€100M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€12M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€354M
€197M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€561M
€266M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,773M
€1,430M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€61,399
€44,412
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€331M
€457M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
32,600
43,410
Self-employed persons
6,200
6,580
Employment in manufacturing (C)
800
12,090
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
72.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
29.5%
12.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
13.6%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
43,500
45,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,502
3,861
Enterprise births
486
499
Enterprise deaths
337
216
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.1%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.3%
22.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
32.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.1%
4.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.6%
17.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
6.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.3%
87.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,247,484
46,225
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
609 /1k
500 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,581 kt
2,797 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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25
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
39 km/1000km²
31 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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25
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
143
69
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
58,604
62,305
Population aged 65+
18,909
22,790
Population aged under 15
8,784
14,108
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
45.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
36.6%
Crude rate of total population change
10.7 /1k
-4.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.5 /1k
2.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
4.4 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
15.4 /1k
Live births
375
878
Deaths
790
1,528
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.3%
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.76
1.69
Population density (persons per km²)
122 /km²
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Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
205,881
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
31.2%
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
78.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
22.9%
16.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
290 /100k
465 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
826 /100k
1,622 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
214 /100k
305 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.5 /100k
2.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
175 /100k
135 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
119 /100k
170 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.30
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.43
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.11
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.73
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.126/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
810 m
233 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
20 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
8 days/yr