NUTS-3 PT300 · Portugal
Population
259,4402025
GDP
€7,486M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
800.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PT300 · LT026
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Região Autónoma da Madeira (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Šiaulių apskritis (37). Contrarian pick: Šiaulių apskritis — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 80).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Growth momentum (84)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (80) · Growth momentum (74)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Região Autónoma da Madeira
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 1) — Šiaulių apskritis may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Região Autónoma da Madeira · Manufacturing → Šiaulių apskritis · Office → Região Autónoma da Madeira · Residential → Região Autónoma da Madeira.
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
43.9
37.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
28.0
46.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
42.4
32.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
56.3
27.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
53.3
34.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.3
66.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
84.0
74.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
6.9% 5y
1.7% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.1% 5y
3.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€28,854
€19,285
Population density
324 /km²
31 /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)
€6,588M
€4,607M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€98M
€341M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€375M
€928M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€156M
€714M
GVA — construction (F)
€418M
€309M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,539M
€1,514M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,700
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,300 PPS
24,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,000
€19,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,204M
€10,284M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€38M
€1,567M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€2,870M
€21,259M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€636M
€328M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€267M
€80M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,387M
€732M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,771M
€783M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,182M
€3,873M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€59,479
€44,276
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,380M
€1,349M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,390
124,820
Self-employed persons
24,060
12,990
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,950
22,230
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.0%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
15.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.4%
7.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
138,300
140,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,403
23,346
Enterprise births
5,067
4,754
Enterprise deaths
3,352
4,152
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
—
2.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.5%
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.8%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.6%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.4%
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.7%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.4%
87.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,952,837
296,252
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,689
2,097
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
—
7,073 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
651
786
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
115
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
173,133
173,117
Population aged 65+
55,337
59,413
Population aged under 15
30,970
34,206
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.0%
34.3%
Crude rate of total population change
16.0 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.9 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
14.6 /1k
Live births
1,793
1,506
Deaths
2,574
3,898
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
54.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
1.09
Population density (persons per km²)
323 /km²
32 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
151,245
127,932
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.5%
30.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
77.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.6%
26.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
813 /100k
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,201 /100k
1,630 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
235 /100k
259 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
58.1 /100k
6.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
110 /100k
24.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
362 /100k
165 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.81
1.19
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.13
1.23
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.79
0.86
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.89
0.96
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.136/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.050/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,358 m
115 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
111 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
2 days/yr