NUTS-3 ES211 · Spain
Population
341,9612025
GDP
€14,091M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,043.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES211 · DEA5B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Soest (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Araba/Álava (56). Contrarian pick: Araba/Álava — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 96).
Why you might not pick Soest
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 28) — Araba/Álava may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Soest · Manufacturing → Araba/Álava · Office → Araba/Álava · Residential → Soest.
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
55.5
63.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
47.8
49.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
68.7
55.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
69.7
70.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
37.3
81.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
88.5
28.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.2
42.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
4.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,205
€44,781
Population density
112 /km²
226 /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)
€12,858M
€12,283M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€185M
€244M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,011M
€4,294M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,807M
€3,869M
GVA — construction (F)
€627M
€652M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,446M
€2,112M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,200
€26,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,900 PPS
39,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,700
€44,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,022M
€29,556M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,378M
€4,134M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,785M
€86,336M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,864M
€2,352M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,725M
€2,630M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,170M
€11,322M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,967
€90,761
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,952M
€2,633M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
168,600
156,510
Self-employed persons
15,700
12,940
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,600
36,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.6%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.6%
9.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
165,100
146,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,794
10,983
Enterprise births
1,391
878
Enterprise deaths
1,326
845
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.4%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.2%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
27.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
68.6%
32.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
19.8%
9.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.5%
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
7.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.5%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,447,433
765,766
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
478 /1k
603 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,169 kt
16,138 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
455
2,384
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
133
794
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
70 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
218,541
189,157
Population aged 65+
78,143
69,469
Population aged under 15
45,277
41,671
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
36.7%
Crude rate of total population change
9.9 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.6 /1k
4.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
12.8 /1k
Live births
2,094
2,387
Deaths
3,025
3,855
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
58.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
113 /km²
228 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
316,620
333,562
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.7%
24.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.7 yrs
80.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.3%
19.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
327 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
779 /100k
1,106 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
256 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
59.4 /100k
41.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
189 /100k
263 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
434 /100k
1,283 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
21 /M
23 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
532 m
125 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
43 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr