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 · CZ052
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Península de Setúbal (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Královéhradecký kraj (52). Contrarian pick: Královéhradecký kraj — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 89).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Cost advantage (77)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Península de Setúbal
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 6) — Královéhradecký kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Královéhradecký kraj · Manufacturing → Královéhradecký kraj · Office → Península de Setúbal · Residential → Península de Setúbal.
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
52.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.5
39.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.2
43.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
56.0
47.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
57.3
52.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.8
21.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.2
53.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
1.5% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
4.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,055
€25,484
Population density
564 /km²
117 /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
€12,932M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€224M
€459M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,167M
€4,496M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,798M
€3,919M
GVA — construction (F)
€734M
€650M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,307M
€2,288M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,100
€14,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,100 PPS
31,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,200
€25,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,015M
€8,892M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€579M
€1,856M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,470M
€16,475M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,206M
€1,521M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€195M
€360M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,636M
€2,502M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,255M
€2,537M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€11,051M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€58,199
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€3,627M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
284,440
260,240
Self-employed persons
47,690
24,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,460
80,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.2%
12.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
268,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
98,277
59,589
Enterprise births
20,339
4,586
Enterprise deaths
12,780
3,859
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.5%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
23.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.0%
31.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.0%
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
6.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.8%
94.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,426,217
4,641,925
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
599 /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
2,547
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,327 kt
21,955 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
529
458
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
7 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
45
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)
533,511
346,214
Population aged 65+
194,140
126,020
Population aged under 15
120,856
83,689
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
36.4%
Crude rate of total population change
28.6 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
29.6 /1k
1.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
10.6 /1k
Live births
8,191
4,142
Deaths
9,117
5,882
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
558 /km²
119 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
467,241
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
12.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.5 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.7%
10.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
176 /100k
609 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
1,440 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
233 /100k
241 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
7.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
128 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
830 /100k
200 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
44 /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
369 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
95 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr