NUTS-3 PT191 · Portugal
Population
392,2572025
GDP
€9,962M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,682.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PT191 · ITF65
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Região de Aveiro (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Reggio Calabria (38). Contrarian pick: Reggio Calabria — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 67).
Strengths
Industrial base (93) · Energy cost (90)
Red flags
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (72) · Demographic outlook (67)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Região de Aveiro
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 5) — Reggio Calabria may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Região de Aveiro 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
52.5
38.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
75.3
27.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.0
27.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
45.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
27.3
25.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.0
13.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
80.0
45.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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2.8% 5y
Population
1.3% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
7.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€25,397
€22,185
Population density
233 /km²
162 /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)
€8,663M
€10,223M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€193M
€640M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,111M
€589M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,970M
€421M
GVA — construction (F)
€275M
€568M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,826M
€3,163M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,500
€16,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,200 PPS
22,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,600
€22,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,092M
€8,676M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,154M
€460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,948M
€14,341M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€753M
€1,319M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€198M
€79M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,504M
€2,265M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,314M
€2,996M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€10,324M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€67,706
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€2,567M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
183,870
173,200
Self-employed persons
27,490
48,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
59,440
8,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
51.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.0%
28.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
9.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
173,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
46,543
30,301
Enterprise births
7,097
2,771
Enterprise deaths
5,567
1,785
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
1.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.8%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.4%
18.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.4%
25.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.9%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
16.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.4%
4.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.3%
88.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,190,260
726,315
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
750 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,334 kt
3,316 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
44
1,291
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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19 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
252
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
78
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)
249,028
322,860
Population aged 65+
94,903
123,346
Population aged under 15
48,326
66,750
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
47.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.1%
38.2%
Crude rate of total population change
12.0 /1k
-4.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.3 /1k
-0.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
11.3 /1k
Live births
2,791
3,850
Deaths
4,072
5,825
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
58.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
236 /km²
160 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
403,382
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.9%
45.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.0%
32.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
332 /100k
256 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
968 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.7 /100k
14.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
—
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
663 /100k
679 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M
52 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
90 m
559 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
16 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
21 days/yr
12 days/yr