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NUTS-3 ES512 · Spain

Girona

Population

830,4292025

GDP

€29,157M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

8.4%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

76.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

5,930.8 km²

NUTS-3 ES514 · Spain

Tarragona

Population

875,5302025

GDP

€29,472M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

8.4%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

76.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

6,298.6 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Girona (Opportunity 68). Runner-up: Tarragona (62).

#1Girona

Strengths

Energy cost (95) · Digital readiness (90)

No red flags

#2Tarragona

Strengths

Energy cost (95) · Digital readiness (90)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Girona

Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 31) — Tarragona may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Girona · Manufacturing → Tarragona · Office → Girona · Residential → Girona.

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

68.2

62.1

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

44.3

46.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

58.5

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

52.5

54.0

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

53.0

40.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

76.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

81.4

69.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

7.0% 5y

5.3% 5y

Population

1.3% 5y

1.4% 5y

Unemployment rate

7.8% 5y

10.9% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€35,111

€33,661

Population density

140 /km²

139 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€26,607M

€26,894M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€725M

€407M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€4,516M

€6,463M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€4,080M

€4,742M

GVA — construction (F)

€1,625M

€1,398M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€8,323M

€6,861M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€19,900

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

40,200 PPS

38,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€35,800

€34,500

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)

€6,596M

€6,993M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€4,823M

€4,773M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€27,668M

€27,966M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€79,614

€89,024

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€6,735M

€6,808M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

393,600

355,800

Self-employed persons

61,500

53,600

Employment in manufacturing (C)

58,000

45,800

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

77.4%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

19.1%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

8.4%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

434,200

453,300

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

67,916

57,280

Enterprise births

6,157

5,197

Enterprise deaths

5,177

4,637

3-year enterprise survival rate

4.1%

4.2%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.9%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

6.6%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

1.5%

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)

24,474,095

19,697,521

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

450 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

25,266 kt

33,553 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

1,036

1,345

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

46 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

125

154

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

553,202

577,580

Population aged 65+

159,287

176,264

Population aged under 15

117,940

121,686

Median age of population

44.2 yrs

45.2 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

28.8%

30.5%

Crude rate of total population change

11.3 /1k

15.9 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

12.5 /1k

18.1 /1k

Crude birth rate

7.0 /1k

6.7 /1k

Crude death rate

8.2 /1k

8.9 /1k

Live births

5,758

5,782

Deaths

6,731

7,749

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

50.1%

51.6%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.19

1.18

Population density (persons per km²)

140 /km²

139 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

865,193

731,160

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

21.3%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

84.3 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

14.3%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

360 /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

1.1 /100k

1.7 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

146 /100k

144 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

524 /100k

479 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

846 /100k

581 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

32 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

1.14

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.84

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.96

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.78

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.16

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.106/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.048/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

101 m

21 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

54 days/yr

85 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

14 days/yr

6 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

7 days/yr

5 days/yr