NUTS-3 ES114 · Spain
Pontevedra
Pontevedra generates €26bn of GDP across 947.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56/100 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 stable28 → 32 EU percentile since 1995 (+4 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
Digital readiness70
Cost advantage69
Talent & skills62
Growth momentum60
Industrial base56
Freight intensity55
Air quality55
Quality of life51
Resilience44
Economic base39
Governance31
Connectivity24
Demographic outlook21
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)
56
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60.2
Livability50.6
Market access27
Economic scale86
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)
43.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability48
Labour stability8
Diversification73
Demographic stability46
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)
24
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density2
Airport access43
Market access27
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.3 µg/m³
PM1014.6 µg/m³
NO213.7 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)
50.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy35
Jobs15
Education60.5
Health94
Safety58
Connectivity36
Environment56
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
60.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
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 · 26.5%Diversified · HHI 2121
Agriculture 3%Industry 20.9%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 26.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.4%Public · health · education 20.8%
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)
€25,663M2023
8.2% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€23,713M2025
2.8% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Population
947,8182025
0.0% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Unemployment rate
8.4%2025
25.7% 1y 9.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Employment
392,5002023
1.6% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Productivity / employee
€70,0032025
3.0% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Gross value added
€23,418M2023
8.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€23,418M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€696M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,886M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,352M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — construction (F)
€1,526M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,196M
2023 · EU pctl 89
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)
30,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,100
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
€5,249M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,865M
2023 · EU pctl 86
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€23,713M
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€70,003
2025 · EU pctl 30
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,053M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
392,500
2023 · EU pctl 91
Self-employed persons
69,300
2023 · EU pctl 93
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,500
2023 · EU pctl 91
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)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
458,300
2025 · EU pctl 93
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
69,834
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise births
5,423
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise deaths
5,028
2023 · EU pctl 88
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 42
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)
4,957,000
2024 · EU pctl 87
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
28,550 kt
2025 · EU pctl 95
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
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.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
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)
608,104
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
234,267
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged under 15
105,447
2025 · EU pctl 88
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude birth rate
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Live births
4,680
2024 · EU pctl 83
Deaths
9,934
2024 · EU pctl 94
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.92
2024 · EU pctl 1
Population density (persons per km²)
212 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 66
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
607,774
2100 · EU pctl 86
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
169 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
154 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
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)
194 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
37 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 100
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 48
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 58
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
45
2024 · EU pctl 10
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
78.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.8%
2021 · EU pctl 35
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