NUTS-3 PT1D2 · Portugal
Population
218,4672025
GDP
€4,602M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,702.9 km²
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PT1D2 · EL653
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Médio Tejo (Opportunity 37). Runner-up: Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία (30). Contrarian pick: Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 86).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (86) · Cost advantage (84)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Médio Tejo
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 8) — Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Médio Tejo 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
36.9
29.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
83.8
33.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
32.6
31.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
18.7
6.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
55.0
17.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.8
52.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
4.2% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
6.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,065
€18,021
Population density
81 /km²
34 /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)
€4,002M
€3,560M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€150M
€665M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€785M
€510M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€607M
€394M
GVA — construction (F)
€200M
€106M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€940M
€748M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,400
€12,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,700 PPS
20,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,200
€16,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,139M
€1,939M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€831M
€94M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,446M
€3,179M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€405M
€631M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€75M
€28M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€710M
€835M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€921M
€696M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€3,571M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€37,867
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€926M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,130
117,070
Self-employed persons
11,830
50,920
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,590
4,620
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.1%
74.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.8%
28.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
8.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
105,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,357
19,539
Enterprise births
3,253
1,272
Enterprise deaths
2,570
580
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.0%
1.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.5%
25.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.7%
41.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
16.0%
2.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
20.2%
14.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
5.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
90.6%
—
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,663,513
3,246,258
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
—
208 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,207 kt
3,261 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
33
—
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
19 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.
108
164
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)
131,006
136,374
Population aged 65+
62,731
63,451
Population aged under 15
24,730
26,551
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
50.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.9%
46.5%
Crude rate of total population change
18.2 /1k
-3.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
25.2 /1k
4.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
14.7 /1k
Live births
1,542
1,442
Deaths
3,101
3,340
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.8%
66.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
81 /km²
34 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
204,276
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.4%
38.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
81.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.2%
30.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
156 /100k
239 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
—
1,000 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
219 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.8 /100k
0.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
174 /100k
99.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
600 /100k
376 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
86 /M
88 /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)
27 m
324 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
91 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
7 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
6 days/yr