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
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PT196 · FRK12
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Beiras e Serra da Estrela (Opportunity 39). Runner-up: Cantal (34). Contrarian pick: Cantal — leads the set on Air quality (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Air quality (93) · Energy cost (90)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (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) — Cantal may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Beiras e Serra da Estrela 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
39.1
33.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
72.5
63.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.1
59.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
92.5
94.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
14.7
39.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
70.0
64.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
64.4
24.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
1.1% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
2.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,793
€29,299
Population density
33 /km²
25 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
4,351
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
269
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,443M
€3,755M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€147M
€173M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€618M
€487M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€449M
€359M
GVA — construction (F)
€141M
€294M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€701M
€647M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,500
€23,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,900 PPS
27,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,800
€29,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,092M
€10,591M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,154M
€1,415M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€16,948M
€23,857M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€353M
€670M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€87M
€39M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€642M
€941M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€963M
€1,215M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€3,749M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€73,178
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€960M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
86,460
58,700
Self-employed persons
18,780
11,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,850
5,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.0%
77.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.0%
19.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
6.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
63,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
21,506
9,534
Enterprise births
2,583
901
Enterprise deaths
2,293
868
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
3.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.8%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
33.4%
40.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.4%
46.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
17.9%
15.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.5%
26.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.4%
7.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.3%
93.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,062,254
1,071,497
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
42
933
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,095 kt
2,411 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
20
649
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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19 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
142
90
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
119,569
80,749
Population aged 65+
70,850
44,339
Population aged under 15
20,238
18,755
Median age of population
53.9 yrs
52.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
59.3%
54.9%
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
-1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.0 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
16.2 /1k
14.3 /1k
Live births
1,199
929
Deaths
3,450
2,056
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.2%
78.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
33 /km²
25 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
117,374
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.9%
22.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.0%
17.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
332 /100k
660 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
871 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
15.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
85.3 /100k
227 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
390 /100k
699 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
80 /M
64 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.02
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
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
992 m
1,044 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
72 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
20 days/yr