NUTS-3 ES615 · Spain
Population
538,7892025
GDP
€13,184M2023
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
10,142.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES615 · PL227
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rybnicki (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Huelva (51). Contrarian pick: Huelva — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 95).
#1Rybnicki
Strengths
Cost advantage (82) · Energy cost (79)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
#2Huelva
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Cost advantage (78)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Rybnicki
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Resilience (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 8) — Huelva may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Huelva · Manufacturing → Rybnicki · Office → Rybnicki · Residential → Rybnicki.
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
51.2
51.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
45.0
9.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.4
38.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
40.0
8.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
14.0
41.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.8
56.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
75.4
62.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.3% 5y
4.9% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
1.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.3% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€24,469
€18,653
Population density
53 /km²
428 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,030M
€9,784M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,002M
€70M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,709M
€4,466M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€768M
€2,229M
GVA — construction (F)
€685M
€703M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,505M
€1,921M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,700
€12,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,700 PPS
26,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,600
€18,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€38,703M
€14,344M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,996M
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€98,864M
€36,613M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,525M
€1,171M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,605M
€1,452M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,127M
€9,096M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,862
€57,942
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,903M
€2,045M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
194,000
225,500
Self-employed persons
33,500
28,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,100
49,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.4%
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
32.7%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
15.2%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
264,400
275,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
27,665
31,126
Enterprise births
2,553
3,087
Enterprise deaths
2,442
3,702
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.0%
5.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
6.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
96.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,273,367
226,198
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
535 /1k
602 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,430 kt
12,924 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
9
128
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
21 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
22
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
92
47
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
366,335
373,735
Population aged 65+
99,487
121,465
Population aged under 15
72,967
85,314
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.2%
32.5%
Crude rate of total population change
5.7 /1k
-6.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
-1.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
11.1 /1k
Live births
3,618
3,688
Deaths
4,566
6,463
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.1%
55.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
54 /km²
441 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
432,028
420,786
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
34.7%
10.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
27.7%
7.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
217 /100k
611 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
972 /100k
1,544 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
295 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
61.4 /100k
18.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
273 /100k
190 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
223 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
30 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
76 m
255 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
106 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
81 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
4 days/yr