NUTS-3 PT200 · Portugal
Population
241,7182025
GDP
€5,753M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,324.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PT200 · RO115
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Região Autónoma dos Açores (Opportunity 36). Runner-up: Satu Mare (26). Contrarian pick: Satu Mare — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Energy cost (90) · Air quality (80)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (96) · Industrial base (72)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Região Autónoma dos Açores
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 5) — Satu Mare may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Região Autónoma dos Açores · Manufacturing → Satu Mare · Office → Região Autónoma dos Açores · Residential → Região Autónoma dos Açores.
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
36.0
25.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
37.3
57.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
35.6
19.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
79.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
43.0
17.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.8
13.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
71.4
46.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.2% 5y
2.2% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.6% 5y
9.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€23,802
€12,486
Population density
104 /km²
75 /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)
€5,003M
€3,739M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€306M
€196M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€396M
€938M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€222M
€861M
GVA — construction (F)
€243M
€427M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,469M
€854M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,400
€9,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,000 PPS
20,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,800
€12,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,013M
€8,805M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€72M
€1,026M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€2,526M
€16,038M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€487M
€285M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€62M
€65M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€905M
€515M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,684M
€809M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,918M
€3,087M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€49,074
€31,323
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,161M
€955M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
121,460
146,640
Self-employed persons
23,070
37,920
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,990
32,020
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.8%
68.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
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28.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
5.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
126,600
149,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,512
14,475
Enterprise births
3,869
1,496
Enterprise deaths
2,922
905
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
—
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.0%
18.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
26.6%
22.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.6%
7.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.1%
15.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.4%
7.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.6%
94.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,132,684
176,925
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
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436 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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57
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
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8,359 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
3 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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17
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
90
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)
164,684
218,543
Population aged 65+
43,254
59,078
Population aged under 15
33,780
52,845
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
42.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.3%
27.0%
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
-0.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
12.1 /1k
Live births
1,871
2,526
Deaths
2,454
4,000
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.8%
51.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
105 /km²
75 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
152,550
225,873
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.6%
27.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.1 yrs
76.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.3%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
626 /100k
753 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,204 /100k
1,857 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
276 /100k
255 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
52.7 /100k
5.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
361 /100k
57.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
753 /100k
52.3 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
65 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.81
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.13
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.79
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.89
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
697 m
118 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
26 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
71 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
3 days/yr