NUTS-3 ES424 · Spain
Population
285,8392025
GDP
€6,879M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
12.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
70.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
12,209.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
ES424 · PT200
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Guadalajara (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Região Autónoma dos Açores (36). Contrarian pick: Região Autónoma dos Açores — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 80).
Strengths
Freight intensity (95) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Air quality (80)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Guadalajara
Labour market (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 13) — Região Autónoma dos Açores may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Guadalajara · Manufacturing → Guadalajara · Office → Guadalajara · Residential → Região Autónoma dos Açores.
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
49.8
36.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.3
37.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
42.1
35.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
51.0
79.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.7
43.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
45.3
21.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
78.0
71.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.2% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
1.7% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.9% 5y
3.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€24,064
€23,802
Population density
23 /km²
104 /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)
€6,277M
€5,003M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€369M
€306M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,939M
€396M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€938M
€222M
GVA — construction (F)
€336M
€243M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,023M
€1,469M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,800
€15,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,800 PPS
29,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,800
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,963M
€1,013M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,892M
€72M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€23,774M
€2,526M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€487M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€62M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,312M
€905M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,298M
€1,684M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,127M
€4,918M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,627
€49,074
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,479M
€1,161M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
91,000
121,460
Self-employed persons
14,700
23,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,700
6,990
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.4%
74.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
27.6%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
12.7%
4.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
148,300
126,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,569
24,512
Enterprise births
1,415
3,869
Enterprise deaths
1,223
2,922
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
—
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.3%
18.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.4%
26.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.0%
10.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
16.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.6%
6.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.3%
94.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
769,292
3,132,684
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
599 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
98
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Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,989 kt
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
34
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
95
22
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)
196,402
164,684
Population aged 65+
48,526
43,254
Population aged under 15
40,911
33,780
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.7%
26.3%
Crude rate of total population change
19.8 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
21.0 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
7.7 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
1,850
1,871
Deaths
2,190
2,454
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
45.5%
46.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
1.22
Population density (persons per km²)
23 /km²
105 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
211,456
152,550
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
34.0%
21.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.9 yrs
79.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
25.9%
17.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
236 /100k
626 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
837 /100k
1,204 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
206 /100k
276 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.1 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.3 /100k
52.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
282 /100k
361 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
232 /100k
753 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.02
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.81
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
1.13
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.79
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.89
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.045/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,074 m
697 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
0 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
12 days/yr