NUTS-3 PT195 · Portugal
Population
100,7332025
GDP
€2,127M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
5,250.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PT195 · PT1C3
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Beira Baixa (Opportunity 32). Runner-up: Alto Alentejo (29).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Resilience (84)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Cost advantage (74)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Beira Baixa
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 5) — Alto Alentejo may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Beira Baixa leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
31.7
28.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
83.5
63.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
42.3
28.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
12.3
14.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.0
44.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.6
59.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,113
€21,228
Population density
19 /km²
17 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 71 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,850M
€1,912M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€119M
€238M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€411M
€307M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€247M
€238M
GVA — construction (F)
€96M
€64M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€321M
€328M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,500
€15,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,800 PPS
25,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,200
€21,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,092M
€3,228M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,154M
€913M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,948M
€4,721M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€188M
€184M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€32M
€7M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€310M
€343M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€464M
€532M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
40,020
47,140
Self-employed persons
7,800
10,020
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,260
5,040
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.0%
25.0%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,272
10,182
Enterprise births
1,352
1,367
Enterprise deaths
1,171
1,130
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
4.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
2.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.8%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.4%
26.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.4%
34.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.9%
16.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
19.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.4%
7.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.3%
87.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
353,716
563,312
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
11
15
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,125 kt
642 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
15
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
177
131
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)
56,998
60,742
Population aged 65+
33,379
30,781
Population aged under 15
10,356
12,043
Median age of population
53.1 yrs
51.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
58.6%
50.7%
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
20.8 /1k
14.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude death rate
17.2 /1k
17.5 /1k
Live births
656
631
Deaths
1,774
1,897
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.7%
70.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
19 /km²
17 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.9%
19.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.0%
17.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
332 /100k
221 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.0 /100k
51.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
165 /100k
136 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
513 /100k
621 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M
137 /M
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
€0.045/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
344 m
214 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
80 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
2 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
6 days/yr