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 · RO223
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Huelva (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Constanţa (35). Contrarian pick: Constanţa — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 97).
#1Huelva
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Cost advantage (78)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (97) · Energy cost (52)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Huelva
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 5) — Constanţa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Huelva 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
51.2
35.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
45.0
33.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.4
18.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
40.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
14.0
42.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
46.8
13.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
75.4
38.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.3% 5y
0.8% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.3% 5y
8.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€24,469
€19,640
Population density
53 /km²
93 /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)
€12,030M
€11,676M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,002M
€245M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,709M
€2,941M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€768M
€980M
GVA — construction (F)
€685M
€1,239M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,505M
€3,709M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,700
€7,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,700 PPS
32,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,600
€19,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€38,703M
€6,740M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,996M
€569M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€98,864M
€11,406M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€753M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€132M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,525M
€1,690M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,605M
€1,852M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,127M
€8,322M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,862
€49,878
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,903M
€2,973M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
194,000
287,580
Self-employed persons
33,500
49,890
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,100
34,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
71.4%
63.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
32.7%
31.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
15.2%
11.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
264,400
267,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
27,665
35,932
Enterprise births
2,553
4,716
Enterprise deaths
2,442
2,503
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.0%
0.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.7%
14.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.4%
16.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
13.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
6.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
93.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,273,367
5,552,533
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
535 /1k
415 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,430 kt
13,801 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
9
424
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
5 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
65
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
92
20
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
366,335
419,609
Population aged 65+
99,487
132,837
Population aged under 15
72,967
103,636
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.2%
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
5.7 /1k
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
3,618
4,874
Deaths
4,566
8,348
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
47.1%
56.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
54 /km²
98 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
432,028
456,388
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
34.7%
38.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
75.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
27.7%
25.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
217 /100k
638 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
972 /100k
1,908 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
233 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
61.4 /100k
61.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
273 /100k
259 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
235 /100k
468 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
94 /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)
76 m
10 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
106 days/yr
33 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
4 days/yr