NUTS-3 PT11C · Portugal
Population
409,0782025
GDP
€7,138M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,834.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PT11C · EL302
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Tâmega e Sousa (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Δυτικός Τομέας Αθηνών (44). Contrarian pick: Δυτικός Τομέας Αθηνών — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 66).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (77) · Talent & skills (66)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Tâmega e Sousa
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 4) — Δυτικός Τομέας Αθηνών may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Tâmega e Sousa · Manufacturing → Tâmega e Sousa · Office → Δυτικός Τομέας Αθηνών · Residential → Tâmega e Sousa.
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
46.0
43.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.5
13.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.6
33.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
55.0
2.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
32.0
50.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
63.0
65.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
65.2
56.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
4.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.5% 5y
10.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€17,450
€15,704
Population density
223 /km²
7,003 /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)
€6,208M
€6,332M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€89M
€8M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,761M
€983M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,485M
€827M
GVA — construction (F)
€830M
€91M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,090M
€2,189M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,800
€15,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,200 PPS
18,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,400
€15,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,004M
€12,450M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,831M
€1,445M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€39,066M
€37,495M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€540M
€905M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€29M
€120M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€982M
€1,655M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,067M
€1,406M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,068M
€6,646M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€40,068
€50,854
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,527M
€967M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
183,760
154,470
Self-employed persons
25,170
26,970
Employment in manufacturing (C)
57,490
17,770
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.8%
73.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.4%
14.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.3%
8.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
222,200
222,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
41,634
35,789
Enterprise births
5,186
3,354
Enterprise deaths
4,039
1,373
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
5.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.8%
44.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.3%
51.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.7%
6.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.3%
29.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
11.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.8%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
549,164
35,333
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
903 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
23
955
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,784 kt
1,960 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
207
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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48 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
26
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
272,987
307,007
Population aged 65+
87,387
96,203
Population aged under 15
48,704
58,895
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.0%
31.3%
Crude rate of total population change
5.7 /1k
-10.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
-6.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
11.4 /1k
Live births
2,746
3,225
Deaths
3,874
5,310
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
50.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
1.19
Population density (persons per km²)
226 /km²
6,833 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
222,973
335,769
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.7%
23.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.1 yrs
81.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
13.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
327 /100k
468 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
914 /100k
1,089 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
207 /100k
239 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
—
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.6 /100k
—
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
90.6 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
324 /100k
—
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.81
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.13
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.79
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.89
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
202 m
107 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
81 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
23 days/yr
6 days/yr