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 · ES230
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Araba/Álava (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: La Rioja (50).
Why you might not pick Araba/Álava
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 23) — La Rioja may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Araba/Álava 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
55.5
50.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
47.8
53.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
68.7
52.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
69.7
62.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
37.3
13.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
88.5
48.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.2
59.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
3.8% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
5.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,205
€32,058
Population density
112 /km²
65 /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
€9,548M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€185M
€484M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,011M
€2,520M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,807M
€2,049M
GVA — construction (F)
€627M
€531M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,446M
€2,012M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,200
€18,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,900 PPS
36,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,700
€32,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,022M
€1,685M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,378M
€441M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€43,785M
€4,737M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,864M
€1,946M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,725M
€2,055M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,170M
€9,872M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,967
€77,437
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,952M
€1,911M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
168,600
146,300
Self-employed persons
15,700
24,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,600
26,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.6%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.6%
25.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
8.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
165,100
166,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,794
22,502
Enterprise births
1,391
1,532
Enterprise deaths
1,326
1,520
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.4%
0.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
2.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.2%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
41.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
68.6%
48.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
19.8%
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.5%
20.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.6%
5.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.5%
97.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,447,433
1,675,862
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
478 /1k
516 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,169 kt
12,205 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
455
6
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
70 km/1000km²
36 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
133
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
120
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)
218,541
210,722
Population aged 65+
78,143
73,503
Population aged under 15
45,277
42,578
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
9.9 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.6 /1k
11.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
10.2 /1k
Live births
2,094
2,049
Deaths
3,025
3,306
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
113 /km²
65 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
316,620
234,440
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.7%
22.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.7 yrs
83.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.3%
18.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
327 /100k
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
779 /100k
815 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
59.4 /100k
37.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
189 /100k
308 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
434 /100k
253 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
21 /M
43 /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)
532 m
1,151 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
78 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
5 days/yr