NUTS-3 PT196 · Portugal
Population
210,6572025
GDP
€3,959M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
6,311.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PT196 · ES419
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Beiras e Serra da Estrela (Opportunity 39). Runner-up: Zamora (37). Contrarian pick: Zamora — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 95).
Strengths
Air quality (93) · Energy cost (90)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
#2Zamora
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Freight intensity (90)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Beiras e Serra da Estrela
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 2) — Zamora may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Zamora · Manufacturing → Beiras e Serra da Estrela · Office → Beiras e Serra da Estrela · Residential → Beiras e Serra da Estrela.
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
39.1
36.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
72.5
37.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.1
57.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
92.5
89.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
14.7
6.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.0
60.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
64.4
52.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
4.5% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
7.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,793
€26,329
Population density
33 /km²
16 /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)
€3,443M
€3,978M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€147M
€360M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€618M
€726M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€449M
€348M
GVA — construction (F)
€141M
€249M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€701M
€826M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,500
€18,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,900 PPS
29,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,800
€26,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,092M
€13,527M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,154M
€2,707M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,948M
€32,274M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€353M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€87M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€642M
€820M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€963M
€998M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€4,001M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€72,369
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€957M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
86,460
64,800
Self-employed persons
18,780
16,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,850
5,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.0%
24.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
8.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
74,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
21,506
10,953
Enterprise births
2,583
688
Enterprise deaths
2,293
673
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.8%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.4%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.4%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.9%
15.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.4%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.3%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,062,254
609,564
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
601 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,095 kt
8,953 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
42
4
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
20
2
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
142
208
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
119,569
96,848
Population aged 65+
70,850
54,098
Population aged under 15
20,238
14,618
Median age of population
53.9 yrs
54.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
59.3%
55.9%
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
-4.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.0 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude death rate
16.2 /1k
15.4 /1k
Live births
1,199
700
Deaths
3,450
2,553
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.2%
71.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
0.95
Population density (persons per km²)
33 /km²
16 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
74,753
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.9%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
84.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.0%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
332 /100k
343 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
749 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
13.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
85.3 /100k
256 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
390 /100k
105 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
992 m
727 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
39 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
36 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
3 days/yr