NUTS-3 PT111 · Portugal
Population
234,6452025
GDP
€4,967M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,213.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PT111 · PT194
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Viseu Dão Lafões (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Alto Minho (43). Contrarian pick: Alto Minho — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 80).
Strengths
Air quality (99) · Energy cost (90)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Air quality (99) · Energy cost (90)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Viseu Dão Lafões
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 5) — Alto Minho may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Viseu Dão Lafões 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
43.4
46.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.5
83.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.8
52.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
98.5
99.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.7
19.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
63.0
70.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.8
73.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
—
Population
0.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.5% 5y
—
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,168
€20,661
Population density
106 /km²
80 /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)
€4,319M
€4,664M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€83M
€211M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,201M
€1,051M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€910M
€931M
GVA — construction (F)
€249M
€309M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€833M
€953M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,800
€14,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,800 PPS
25,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,200
€20,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,004M
€7,092M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,831M
€2,154M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€39,066M
€16,948M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€433M
€453M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€39M
€56M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€809M
€891M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€829M
€1,011M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,222M
—
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,991
—
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,063M
—
Labour market
Employment, total persons
104,580
114,260
Self-employed persons
19,540
22,220
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,100
19,140
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.8%
79.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.4%
19.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.3%
—
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
114,500
—
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,084
27,789
Enterprise births
4,111
3,909
Enterprise deaths
3,182
3,098
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
4.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
1.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.8%
33.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.3%
46.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.7%
17.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.3%
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
10.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.8%
88.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,228,849
693,695
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
36
21
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,377 kt
2,398 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
15
8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
90
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)
140,731
155,467
Population aged 65+
68,549
75,339
Population aged under 15
25,365
28,784
Median age of population
50.6 yrs
50.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.7%
48.5%
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
12.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
16.9 /1k
19.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,518
1,686
Deaths
3,192
3,430
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.7%
67.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
107 /km²
80 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
147,263
—
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.7%
19.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.1 yrs
83.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
17.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
327 /100k
332 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
914 /100k
—
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
207 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.1 /100k
23.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
191 /100k
95.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
562 /100k
369 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
80 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
—
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.81
—
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.13
—
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.79
—
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.89
—
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.045/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
546 m
498 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
38 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
8 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
37 days/yr
15 days/yr