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 · PT150
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Península de Setúbal (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Algarve (53). Contrarian pick: Algarve — leads the set on Growth momentum (EU pctl 87).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Cost advantage (77)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
#2Algarve
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Growth momentum (87)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (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) — Algarve may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Península de Setúbal 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
54.1
52.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.5
30.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.2
41.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
56.0
70.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
57.3
56.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.8
32.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.2
87.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
6.8% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
7.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,055
€29,046
Population density
564 /km²
99 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€13,323M
€12,446M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€224M
€470M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,167M
€593M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,798M
€265M
GVA — construction (F)
€734M
€766M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,307M
€5,178M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,100
€18,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,100 PPS
35,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,200
€29,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,015M
€2,688M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€579M
€52M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,470M
€5,209M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,206M
€1,730M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€195M
€155M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,636M
€3,133M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,255M
€2,306M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€11,739M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€55,319
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€3,081M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
284,440
268,040
Self-employed persons
47,690
58,870
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,460
7,260
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
79.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.2%
18.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
5.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
260,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
98,277
88,524
Enterprise births
20,339
16,545
Enterprise deaths
12,780
10,445
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.5%
1.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.3%
28.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.0%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.0%
15.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.1%
18.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.1%
5.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.8%
92.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,426,217
22,941,654
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,487
3,904
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,327 kt
3,509 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
529
792
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
30
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
306,876
Population aged 65+
194,140
119,035
Population aged under 15
120,856
66,836
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
46.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
38.8%
Crude rate of total population change
28.6 /1k
23.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
29.6 /1k
25.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
9.9 /1k
Live births
8,191
4,347
Deaths
9,117
5,623
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
1.64
Population density (persons per km²)
558 /km²
99 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
458,163
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
17.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.5 yrs
81.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.7%
15.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
176 /100k
234 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
1,070 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
233 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
120 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
253 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
830 /100k
1,417 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
87 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.02
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.81
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.13
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.79
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.89
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)
28 m
321 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
63 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
0 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr