NUTS-3 PT111 · Portugal
Population
234,6452025
GDP
€4,967M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,213.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PT111 · FRJ26
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alto Minho (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Hautes-Pyrénées (42). Contrarian pick: Hautes-Pyrénées — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 92).
Strengths
Air quality (99) · Energy cost (90)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Alto Minho
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 6) — Hautes-Pyrénées may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Alto Minho · Manufacturing → Alto Minho · Office → Hautes-Pyrénées · Residential → Hautes-Pyrénées .
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
43.4
41.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.5
54.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.8
56.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
98.5
67.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.7
31.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
63.0
91.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.8
34.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.5% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,168
€31,188
Population density
106 /km²
51 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
2,868
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
285
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,319M
€6,453M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€83M
€95M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,201M
€875M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€910M
€682M
GVA — construction (F)
€249M
€414M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€833M
€1,110M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,800
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,800 PPS
28,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,200
€31,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,004M
€27,134M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,831M
€3,274M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€39,066M
€63,709M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€433M
€1,312M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€39M
€48M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€809M
€1,826M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€829M
€2,133M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,222M
€6,531M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,991
€78,225
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,063M
€1,614M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
104,580
94,300
Self-employed persons
19,540
15,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,100
9,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.8%
76.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.4%
15.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.3%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
114,500
103,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,084
19,024
Enterprise births
4,111
2,228
Enterprise deaths
3,182
1,892
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
5.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
4.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
7.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
2.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.8%
47.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.3%
56.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.7%
18.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.3%
33.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
14.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.8%
95.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,228,849
4,865,351
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
36
1,014
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,377 kt
4,056 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
15
437
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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14 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
110
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
140,731
133,329
Population aged 65+
68,549
66,834
Population aged under 15
25,365
31,903
Median age of population
50.6 yrs
50.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.7%
50.1%
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
16.9 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,518
1,665
Deaths
3,192
3,020
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.7%
74.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
107 /km²
52 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
147,263
199,773
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.7%
23.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.1 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
18.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
327 /100k
564 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
914 /100k
780 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
207 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.1 /100k
26.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
191 /100k
323 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
562 /100k
1,390 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
60 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.81
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.13
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.79
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.89
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
546 m
470 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
25 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
37 days/yr
12 days/yr