NUTS-3 ES708 · Spain
Population
166,8782025
GDP
€4,273M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
13.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
67.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
847.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ES708 · PT200
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lanzarote (Opportunity 37). Runner-up: Região Autónoma dos Açores (36). Contrarian pick: Região Autónoma dos Açores — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 80).
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Demographic outlook (93)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Air quality (80)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Lanzarote
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 1) — Região Autónoma dos Açores may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Região Autónoma dos Açores · Manufacturing → Região Autónoma dos Açores · Office → Lanzarote · Residential → Lanzarote.
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
36.9
36.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
27.3
37.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.4
35.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
35.7
79.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
32.7
43.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
38.8
21.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
77.2
71.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
8.8% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
1.6% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.8% 5y
3.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€25,608
€23,802
Population density
197 /km²
104 /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)
€4,023M
€5,003M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€22M
€306M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€196M
€396M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€79M
€222M
GVA — construction (F)
€241M
€243M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,820M
€1,469M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€15,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,800 PPS
29,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,500
€23,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,461M
€1,013M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€298M
€72M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€28,532M
€2,526M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€487M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€62M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€973M
€905M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€771M
€1,684M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,068M
€4,918M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€63,233
€49,074
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€760M
€1,161M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,600
121,460
Self-employed persons
10,600
23,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,400
6,990
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
74.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
29.5%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
13.5%
4.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
90,300
126,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,182
24,512
Enterprise births
1,267
3,869
Enterprise deaths
959
2,922
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.1%
—
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.3%
18.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.7%
26.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.1%
10.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.6%
16.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
6.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.3%
94.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
18,702,161
3,132,684
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
609 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
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Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,683 kt
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
39 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
22
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
121,645
164,684
Population aged 65+
23,806
43,254
Population aged under 15
21,427
33,780
Median age of population
42.8 yrs
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
19.6%
26.3%
Crude rate of total population change
22.1 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
21.0 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
5.5 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
1,099
1,871
Deaths
912
2,454
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
37.2%
46.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.98
1.22
Population density (persons per km²)
196 /km²
105 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
163,024
152,550
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
31.2%
21.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.9 yrs
79.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
22.9%
17.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
290 /100k
626 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
826 /100k
1,204 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
214 /100k
276 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
50.9 /100k
52.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
146 /100k
361 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
384 /100k
753 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
1.02
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
0.81
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
1.13
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
0.79
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
0.89
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.045/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
361 m
697 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
0 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
12 days/yr