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 · LT027
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: La Palma (Opportunity 31). Runner-up: Tauragės apskritis (27). Contrarian pick: Tauragės apskritis — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 80).
#1La Palma
Strengths
Demographic outlook (100) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (80) · Talent & skills (66)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick La Palma
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 2) — Tauragės apskritis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Tauragės apskritis · Manufacturing → Tauragės apskritis · 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
27.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.3
26.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.5
32.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
28.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
3.5
38.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
38.8
66.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
68.2
65.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.7% 5y
3.7% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.7% 5y
8.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,588
€16,050
Population density
122 /km²
20 /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
€1,293M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
€139M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€107M
€209M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€46M
€181M
GVA — construction (F)
€136M
€63M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€501M
€473M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,600 PPS
20,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,900
€16,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,461M
€10,284M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€298M
€1,567M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€28,532M
€21,259M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€97M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€13M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€354M
€146M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€561M
€263M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,773M
€1,087M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€61,399
€40,173
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€331M
€379M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
32,600
38,610
Self-employed persons
6,200
6,230
Employment in manufacturing (C)
800
5,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
29.5%
15.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
13.6%
7.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
43,500
47,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,502
7,564
Enterprise births
486
1,394
Enterprise deaths
337
1,269
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
5.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.1%
2.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.3%
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.1%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.6%
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.3%
87.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,247,484
41,714
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
609 /1k
611 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,581 kt
2,078 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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1,234
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
39 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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1,372
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
143
107
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)
58,604
58,248
Population aged 65+
18,909
20,247
Population aged under 15
8,784
11,451
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
47.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
34.8%
Crude rate of total population change
10.7 /1k
-6.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.5 /1k
1.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
4.4 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
14.4 /1k
Live births
375
578
Deaths
790
1,296
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.3%
54.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.76
1.21
Population density (persons per km²)
122 /km²
21 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
205,881
30,042
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
31.2%
30.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
77.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
22.9%
26.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
290 /100k
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
826 /100k
1,630 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
214 /100k
259 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
6.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.5 /100k
4.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
175 /100k
8.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
119 /100k
131 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
1.19
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
1.23
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.86
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.96
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.136/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.050/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
810 m
76 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
104 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr