NUTS-3 PT112 · Portugal
Population
433,0392025
GDP
€9,936M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,249.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PT112 · HU331
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cávado (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Bács-Kiskun (41). Contrarian pick: Bács-Kiskun — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 94).
#1Cávado
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Industrial base (80)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Cávado
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 2) — Bács-Kiskun may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Bács-Kiskun · Manufacturing → Cávado · Office → Cávado · Residential → Bács-Kiskun.
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
50.9
41.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
65.5
40.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.6
37.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
7.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
48.0
32.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
63.0
16.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
76.0
57.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.5% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.5% 5y
0.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,945
€15,863
Population density
347 /km²
58 /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)
€8,640M
€6,659M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€126M
€467M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,957M
€1,832M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,753M
€1,731M
GVA — construction (F)
€808M
€666M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,800M
€1,292M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€13,800
€9,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,000 PPS
22,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,000
€15,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,004M
€6,421M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,831M
€1,410M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€39,066M
€7,243M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€856M
€603M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€262M
€83M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,780M
€1,062M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,588M
€1,340M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,446M
€5,859M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,222
€41,802
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,126M
€2,709M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
212,550
195,950
Self-employed persons
31,700
22,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
50,910
50,830
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.8%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.4%
17.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.3%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
232,600
246,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
55,334
39,963
Enterprise births
8,352
3,369
Enterprise deaths
5,761
990
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.4%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
29.8%
24.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.3%
23.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
15.7%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.3%
18.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.5%
4.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.8%
91.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,314,621
619,277
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
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446 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,890
2,547
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,191 kt
8,722 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
437
521
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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12 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
102
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
285,820
309,933
Population aged 65+
92,452
107,373
Population aged under 15
54,767
71,241
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
34.6%
Crude rate of total population change
15.3 /1k
-6.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.9 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
8.0 /1k
14.4 /1k
Live births
3,306
4,056
Deaths
3,538
7,037
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.5%
57.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
350 /km²
59 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
263,837
468,780
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.7%
25.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.1 yrs
76.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
19.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
327 /100k
645 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
914 /100k
1,709 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
207 /100k
306 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.8 /100k
10.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
114 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
527 /100k
617 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
73 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.66
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.81
0.29
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.13
0.24
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.79
0.04
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.89
0.67
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.171/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
215 m
136 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
29 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
65 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
29 days/yr
3 days/yr