NUTS-3 PT1B0 · Portugal
Population
848,5072025
GDP
€15,320M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,503.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PT1B0 · CZ031
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Jihočeský kraj (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Península de Setúbal (54). Contrarian pick: Península de Setúbal — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 90).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Cost advantage (77)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Jihočeský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 20) — Península de Setúbal may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Jihočeský kraj · Manufacturing → Jihočeský kraj · Office → Península de Setúbal · Residential → Jihočeský kraj.
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
54.1
57.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.5
50.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.2
47.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
56.0
51.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
57.3
64.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.8
20.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.2
62.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
1.6% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
5.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,055
€23,768
Population density
564 /km²
65 /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)
€13,323M
€14,173M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€224M
€603M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,167M
€4,270M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,798M
€3,033M
GVA — construction (F)
€734M
€908M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,307M
€2,740M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,100
€15,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,100 PPS
29,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,200
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,015M
€7,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€579M
€1,378M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,470M
€14,232M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,206M
€1,825M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€195M
€271M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,636M
€2,717M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,255M
€2,935M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€11,839M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€53,294
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€4,169M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
284,440
311,460
Self-employed persons
47,690
43,020
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,460
82,880
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
78.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.2%
9.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
2.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
318,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
98,277
69,504
Enterprise births
20,339
5,721
Enterprise deaths
12,780
4,696
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
1.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.5%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
24.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.0%
29.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.0%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
7.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.8%
97.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,426,217
4,634,309
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
645 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,487
3,358
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,327 kt
26,357 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
529
514
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
13 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
533,511
410,412
Population aged 65+
194,140
142,439
Population aged under 15
120,856
100,376
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
34.7%
Crude rate of total population change
28.6 /1k
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
29.6 /1k
0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
10.6 /1k
Live births
8,191
5,082
Deaths
9,117
6,938
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
558 /km²
68 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
605,068
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
13.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.5 yrs
80.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.7%
11.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
176 /100k
650 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
1,429 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
233 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
7.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
122 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
830 /100k
177 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
70 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
1.00
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.146/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
28 m
495 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
88 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr