NUTS-3 ES414 · Spain
Population
158,7022025
GDP
€5,048M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
8,050.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES414 · ES411
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ávila (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Palencia (37). Contrarian pick: Palencia — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 92).
#2Palencia
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Freight intensity (92)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ávila
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 5) — Palencia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ávila 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
37.4
41.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.8
46.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.4
54.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
76.0
68.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
11.7
24.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
60.3
60.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.2
50.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.8% 5y
2.3% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.0% 5y
10.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,805
€23,185
Population density
20 /km²
20 /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)
€4,606M
€3,401M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€219M
€132M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,462M
€371M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,122M
€296M
GVA — construction (F)
€242M
€256M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€876M
€773M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,500
€18,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
26,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,000
€23,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,527M
€13,527M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,707M
€2,707M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€32,274M
€32,274M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€836M
€779M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€972M
€1,090M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,633M
€3,421M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,799
€65,934
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,108M
€818M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
68,900
60,800
Self-employed persons
11,700
13,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,400
4,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.7%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.7%
24.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.6%
8.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
74,800
76,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,341
10,287
Enterprise births
568
729
Enterprise deaths
583
732
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.3%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.1%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.3%
15.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.8%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.3%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.0%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
758,457
1,347,182
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
601 /1k
601 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,872 kt
4,900 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
17
32
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
20
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
171
108
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
96,993
98,907
Population aged 65+
44,739
43,697
Population aged under 15
16,970
18,134
Median age of population
51.4 yrs
50.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.1%
44.2%
Crude rate of total population change
4.0 /1k
1.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.0 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.2 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
824
854
Deaths
2,085
2,046
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.6%
62.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.08
1.10
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
20 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
87,585
83,835
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.8 yrs
84.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.8%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
343 /100k
343 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
749 /100k
749 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
212 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.3 /100k
29.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
172 /100k
343 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
101 /100k
143 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M
68 /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)
874 m
1,102 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
30 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
53 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr