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Name: TerraSight EU regional indicators
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NO0B2 · ES703

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NUTS-3 NO0B2 · Norway

Svalbard

Population

02025

GDP

€191M2021

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

—

Employment· NUTS-2 source

—

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

60,558.2 km²

NUTS-3 ES703 · Spain

El Hierro

Population

11,9932025

GDP

€232M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

13.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

67.7%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

267.5 km²

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: El Hierro (Opportunity 31). Contrarian pick: Svalbard — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

#1El Hierro

Strengths

Demographic outlook (99) · Energy cost (95)

Red flags

Economic base (EU bottom 15%)

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)

Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)

#2Svalbard

Strengths

Energy cost (100) · Governance (95)

Red flags

Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)

Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick El Hierro

Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 2) — Svalbard may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Svalbard · Manufacturing → Svalbard · Office → El Hierro · Residential → El Hierro.

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

—

30.5

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

—

35.5

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

—

47.4

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

0.0

2.5

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

—

38.8

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

—

73.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

9.7% 5y

4.7% 5y

Population

— 5y

1.5% 5y

Unemployment rate

—

10.1% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

—

€19,336

Population density

—

45 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€172M

€218M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€0M

€12M

GVA — industry (B–E)

—

€16M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€3M

€6M

GVA — construction (F)

€24M

€15M

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

€66M

€57M

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

—

€15,300

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

22,200 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€19,800

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€60M

€8,461M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€0M

€298M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€91M

€28,532M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€8M

—

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€16M

€41M

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

€45M

€78M

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

€223M

€221M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€198,210

€57,958

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€75M

€41M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

1,000

4,300

Self-employed persons

—

800

Employment in manufacturing (C)

100

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

—

73.1%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

—

29.5%

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

—

13.3%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

6,000

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

718

Enterprise births

—

Enterprise deaths

—

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

2.9%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

—

0.6%

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

—

2.1%

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

—

0.4%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

—

36.3%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

—

43.7%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

—

13.1%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

—

17.6%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

—

5.8%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

—

97.3%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

188,798

151,519

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

—

609 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

—

119 kt

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

—

39 km/1000km²

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

1,140

148

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

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

7,981

Population aged 65+

2,752

Population aged under 15

1,260

Median age of population

—

47.8 yrs

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

—

34.5%

Crude rate of total population change

—

17.4 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

—

20.7 /1k

Crude birth rate

—

5.0 /1k

Crude death rate

—

8.3 /1k

Live births

Deaths

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

—

50.3%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

—

0.85

Population density (persons per km²)

—

45 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

—

17,593

Social

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

—

31.2%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

—

82.9 yrs

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

—

22.9%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

—

290 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

—

826 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

—

214 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

—

0.0 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

—

8.5 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

—

59.4 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

—

161 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

—

31 /M

Governance & institutions

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

1.82

1.14

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

1.57

0.84

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

1.94

0.96

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

2.03

0.78

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

0.92

0.16

Energy

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

€0.064/kWh

€0.106/kWh

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

—

€0.048/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

388 m

876 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

0 days/yr

3 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

343 days/yr

0 days/yr

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

0 days/yr

1 days/yr