NUTS-3 ES432 · Spain
Population
388,1902025
GDP
€10,266M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
14.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
66.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
19,862.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES432 · ITF13
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cáceres (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Pescara (44). Contrarian pick: Pescara — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 70).
#1Cáceres
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Cost advantage (77)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Pescara
Strengths
Demographic outlook (70) · Cost advantage (66)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Long-run slide: down 23 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Cáceres
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Connectivity (EU pctl 6) — Pescara may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Pescara · Manufacturing → Cáceres · Office → Cáceres · Residential → Pescara.
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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
45.6
43.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
39.5
43.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.1
35.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
76.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
5.7
42.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
51.3
26.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.4
42.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.0% 5y
3.3% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.6% 5y
7.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€26,445
€30,142
Population density
20 /km²
254 /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)
€9,368M
€8,445M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€827M
€154M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,413M
€1,340M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€486M
€1,162M
GVA — construction (F)
€700M
€589M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,453M
€1,915M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€19,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,700 PPS
31,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,400
€30,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,835M
€10,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€488M
€1,609M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,520M
€14,889M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€1,174M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€191M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,502M
€2,431M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,473M
€2,017M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,131M
€8,606M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,267
€76,056
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,235M
€2,586M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
148,000
127,500
Self-employed persons
29,600
34,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,300
14,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.7%
67.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
37.4%
26.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
14.7%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
181,300
135,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,647
27,508
Enterprise births
1,983
2,145
Enterprise deaths
1,972
1,581
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.5%
24.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.6%
32.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.0%
19.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.6%
4.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
93.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,427,859
1,555,862
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
631 /1k
728 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,993 kt
4,171 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
10
3
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
17 km/1000km²
34 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
233
23
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
246,262
196,177
Population aged 65+
98,462
78,779
Population aged under 15
43,466
36,920
Median age of population
49.7 yrs
49.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
40.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
-1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
11.6 /1k
Live births
2,173
1,821
Deaths
4,646
3,620
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
254 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
214,658
258,723
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
30.4%
24.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
26.2%
20.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
343 /100k
332 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
925 /100k
893 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
213 /100k
206 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.3 /100k
33.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
180 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
1,305 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
376 m
202 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
41 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
18 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
10 days/yr