NUTS-3 ES120 · Spain
Population
1,015,1282025
GDP
€28,350M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
72%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
10,613 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES120 · ES111
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: A Coruña (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Asturias (54). Contrarian pick: Asturias — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 72).
#2Asturias
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Freight intensity (72)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick A Coruña
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 15) — Asturias may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → A Coruña · Manufacturing → Asturias · Office → A Coruña · Residential → A Coruña.
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
53.8
58.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
37.8
46.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
47.3
56.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
39.3
77.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
37.0
35.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
67.8
61.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.8
62.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.5% 5y
3.9% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.0% 5y
6.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,928
€29,480
Population density
96 /km²
143 /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)
€25,837M
€30,457M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€389M
€1,084M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,576M
€5,882M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,782M
€4,249M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,708M
€2,056M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,101M
€8,028M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,500
€17,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,600 PPS
33,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,100
€29,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,061M
€13,447M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,031M
€2,235M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€13,729M
€35,979M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,373M
€6,930M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,689M
€6,477M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,425M
€30,935M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,485
€73,754
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,740M
€6,592M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
406,900
486,000
Self-employed persons
68,300
83,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,900
51,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.8%
73.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
27.9%
24.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.8%
8.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
475,100
537,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
68,999
81,448
Enterprise births
5,127
5,916
Enterprise deaths
5,046
5,571
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.5%
3.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.6%
43.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
55.0%
53.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.4%
14.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.7%
25.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.8%
7.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.0%
96.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,689,670
5,560,712
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
546 /1k
611 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
39,693 kt
39,536 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
202
33
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
43 km/1000km²
40 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
20
3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
31
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)
627,732
712,939
Population aged 65+
287,903
298,457
Population aged under 15
99,493
124,227
Median age of population
51.6 yrs
49.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.9%
41.9%
Crude rate of total population change
5.5 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.9 /1k
12.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
4.5 /1k
5.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
11.7 /1k
Live births
4,535
5,795
Deaths
13,109
13,198
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
59.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.94
0.98
Population density (persons per km²)
96 /km²
143 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
576,453
782,531
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.4%
22.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.4 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.2%
16.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
355 /100k
317 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
848 /100k
785 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
224 /100k
215 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.1 /100k
44.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
219 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
174 /100k
198 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
43 /M
48 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
503 m
377 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
4 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
15 days/yr