NUTS-3 ES111 · Spain
A Coruña
A Coruña generates €33bn of GDP across 1.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (94th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (15th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable31 → 37 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost95
Air quality78
Digital readiness70
Cost advantage69
Freight intensity64
Growth momentum62
Talent & skills62
Quality of life56
Economic base52
Resilience47
Connectivity35
Industrial base35
Governance31
Demographic outlook20
Labour market15
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.4
Livability56.4
Market access22
Economic scale91
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
46.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability8
Diversification77
Demographic stability59
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
35.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density9
Airport access75
Market access22
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
61.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary88
Lifelong learning71
Knowledge workers62
Scientists & engineers25
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
77.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57 µg/m³
PM1013 µg/m³
NO26.8 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
56.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs15
Education60.5
Health94
Safety65.3
Connectivity39.5
Environment79
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
62.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.6 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Trade · transport · ICT · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2096
Agriculture 3.6%Industry 19.3%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 26.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.8%Public · health · education 21.3%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€33,478M2023
7.2% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€30,935M2025
2.8% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Population
1,135,6232025
0.6% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Unemployment rate
8.3%2025
5.1% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Employment
486,0002023
3.0% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Productivity / employee
€73,7542025
3.0% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Gross value added
€30,457M2023
7.4% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,457M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,084M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,882M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,249M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — construction (F)
€2,056M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,028M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€17,800
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,700
2023 · EU pctl 37
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€13,447M
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,235M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€35,979M
2024 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,930M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,477M
2023 · EU pctl 91
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,935M
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€73,754
2025 · EU pctl 33
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,592M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour market
Employment, total persons
486,000
2023 · EU pctl 93
Self-employed persons
83,500
2023 · EU pctl 95
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,800
2023 · EU pctl 88
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.7%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.3%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
537,200
2025 · EU pctl 95
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
81,448
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise births
5,916
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise deaths
5,571
2023 · EU pctl 90
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 36
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.4%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
53.3%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.2%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.0%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.5%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,560,712
2024 · EU pctl 88
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
39,536 kt
2025 · EU pctl 97
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
40 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
712,939
2025 · EU pctl 95
Population aged 65+
298,457
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
124,227
2025 · EU pctl 92
Median age of population
49.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 82
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of total population change
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
5,795
2024 · EU pctl 89
Deaths
13,198
2024 · EU pctl 97
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
2025 · EU pctl 51
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.98
2024 · EU pctl 2
Population density (persons per km²)
143 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 54
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
782,531
2100 · EU pctl 91
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
317 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
785 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
215 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
219 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
48 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.14
2022 · EU pctl 33
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.84
2022 · EU pctl 33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
2022 · EU pctl 32
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.78
2022 · EU pctl 32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.16
2022 · EU pctl 9
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.106/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 5
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 30
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
377 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 14
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 58
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
113 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 26
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