NUTS-3 PT1C3 · Portugal
Population
103,5662025
GDP
€2,198M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
6,082.1 km²
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PT1C3 · EL526
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alto Alentejo (Opportunity 29). Runner-up: Σέρρες (27). Contrarian pick: Σέρρες — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 83).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Cost advantage (74)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
#2Σέρρες
Strengths
Cost advantage (83) · Energy cost (58)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Alto Alentejo
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 3) — Σέρρες may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Alto Alentejo 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
28.7
27.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.0
38.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
28.5
36.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
14.7
17.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
44.3
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
59.2
53.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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3.3% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
8.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,228
€13,820
Population density
17 /km²
39 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,912M
€1,866M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€238M
€284M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€307M
€250M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€238M
€176M
GVA — construction (F)
€64M
€41M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€328M
€549M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,800
€12,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,700 PPS
16,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,200
€13,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,228M
€5,199M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€913M
€548M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,721M
€11,333M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€184M
€229M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7M
€18M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€343M
€325M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€532M
€417M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€1,944M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€45,505
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€419M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,140
51,120
Self-employed persons
10,020
24,920
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,040
3,980
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
70.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
25.0%
23.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
11.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
67,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,182
10,142
Enterprise births
1,367
670
Enterprise deaths
1,130
473
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.0%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
26.2%
36.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.5%
44.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.8%
5.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.7%
21.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.8%
7.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
87.9%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
563,312
327,525
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
474 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
642 kt
1,972 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
15
—
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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24 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
15
—
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
131
82
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
60,742
92,207
Population aged 65+
30,781
44,687
Population aged under 15
12,043
17,834
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
50.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.7%
48.5%
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
19.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.4 /1k
32.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
5.0 /1k
Crude death rate
17.5 /1k
17.9 /1k
Live births
631
766
Deaths
1,897
2,750
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.5%
67.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
17 /km²
40 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
128,532
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.7%
33.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.9 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.9%
24.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
221 /100k
451 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
1,185 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
231 /100k
244 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.9 /100k
3.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
136 /100k
62.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
621 /100k
173 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
137 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
214 m
84 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
71 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
21 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
6 days/yr