NUTS-3 ES611 · Spain
Population
770,5542025
GDP
€18,251M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
15.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
65.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
8,778.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES611 · RO424
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Almería (Opportunity 54). Runner-up: Timiş (41). Contrarian pick: Timiş — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 94).
#1Almería
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Freight intensity (88)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Timiş
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Demographic outlook (82)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Almería
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 5) — Timiş may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Almería · Manufacturing → Timiş · Office → Timiş · Residential → Timiş.
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
53.6
40.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
50.8
26.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
39.8
26.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
53.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
10.7
41.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.8
33.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
75.6
47.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
1.3% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.3% 5y
2.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€23,685
€23,751
Population density
88 /km²
77 /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)
€16,654M
€14,360M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€2,905M
€395M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,011M
€3,734M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€742M
€3,350M
GVA — construction (F)
€851M
€662M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,959M
€5,382M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,700
€9,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,100 PPS
39,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,100
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€38,703M
€5,950M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,996M
€880M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€98,864M
€11,679M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€682M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€2,301M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,535M
€1,847M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,395M
€2,340M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€16,789M
€12,322M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€61,053
€55,811
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,018M
€3,403M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
320,500
316,090
Self-employed persons
62,100
26,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,300
99,820
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.4%
64.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
32.7%
31.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
15.2%
5.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
378,800
279,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
47,029
43,520
Enterprise births
4,489
5,632
Enterprise deaths
3,826
3,259
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
5.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.0%
6.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
19.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
17.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
10.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
18.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
9.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,168,615
697,364
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
535 /1k
476 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
40,043 kt
11,564 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
1,042
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
8 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
156
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
27
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)
524,734
436,278
Population aged 65+
125,703
126,363
Population aged under 15
120,117
104,584
Median age of population
42.1 yrs
42.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.0%
29.0%
Crude rate of total population change
12.5 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.3 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude death rate
7.4 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
6,576
5,370
Deaths
5,672
7,289
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.8%
52.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
87 /km²
77 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
867,287
539,223
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
34.7%
20.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
76.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
27.7%
11.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
217 /100k
805 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
972 /100k
1,939 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.1 /100k
0.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
96.7 /100k
20.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
307 /100k
200 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
289 /100k
543 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
489 m
120 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
30 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
61 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr