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NUTS-3 ES511 · Spain
Barcelona
Population
5,959,9412025
GDP
€209,564M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
7,723.4 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
71.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
18.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
49.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
76.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
68.4

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€35,162
Population density
772 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 70 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€190,895M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€880M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€35,438M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€29,449M
GVA — construction (F)
€9,083M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€55,126M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€57,689M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,484M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€147,909M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€55,293M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€35,076M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
2,865,100
Self-employed persons
368,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
341,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.1%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
489,832
Enterprise births
46,485
Enterprise deaths
39,035
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
391
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
71 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
41,221,572
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
450 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
11,565
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
194
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
4,007,868
Population aged 65+
1,174,289
Population aged under 15
777,784
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.3%
Crude rate of total population change
13.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
8.2 /1k
Live births
39,034
Deaths
48,823
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.04
Population density (persons per km²)
767 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.3 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
365 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
806 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
208 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
371 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
342 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,112 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
368 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr