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
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
19,862.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES432 · ITF44
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cáceres (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Brindisi (36). Contrarian pick: Brindisi — leads the set on Connectivity (EU pctl 48).
#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%)
#2Brindisi
Strengths
Cost advantage (70) · Connectivity (48)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
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) — Brindisi may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Cáceres 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
45.6
35.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
39.5
38.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.1
29.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
76.0
27.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
5.7
48.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
51.3
12.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.4
43.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.0% 5y
2.9% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.6% 5y
2.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€26,445
€22,271
Population density
20 /km²
203 /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
€7,514M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€827M
€332M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,413M
€1,051M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€486M
€734M
GVA — construction (F)
€700M
€511M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,453M
€1,743M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€17,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,700 PPS
22,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,400
€22,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,835M
€21,133M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€488M
€1,693M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,520M
€36,660M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,006M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€61M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,502M
€1,796M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,473M
€2,081M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,131M
€7,600M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,267
€64,814
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,235M
€1,948M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
148,000
133,100
Self-employed persons
29,600
35,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,300
13,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.7%
56.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
37.4%
32.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
14.7%
10.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
181,300
139,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,647
24,661
Enterprise births
1,983
2,065
Enterprise deaths
1,972
1,500
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
2.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.5%
18.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.6%
27.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
14.8%
8.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.0%
17.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.6%
4.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
91.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,427,859
2,927,109
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
631 /1k
649 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,993 kt
2,723 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
10
1,058
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
17 km/1000km²
16 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
282
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
233
19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
246,262
236,721
Population aged 65+
98,462
96,358
Population aged under 15
43,466
42,488
Median age of population
49.7 yrs
49.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
40.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
-4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
0.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
11.5 /1k
Live births
2,173
2,334
Deaths
4,646
4,313
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
58.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
1.16
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
203 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
214,658
249,650
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
30.4%
35.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.2 yrs
83.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
26.2%
27.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
343 /100k
274 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
925 /100k
946 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
213 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.3 /100k
19.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
180 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
920 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
62 /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
94 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
65 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
1 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
5 days/yr