NUTS-3 ES120 · Spain
Asturias
Export region data (CSV)Asturias generates €28bn of GDP across 1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 53.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (84th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (13.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
53.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.8
Livability47.4
Market access20
Economic scale88
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)
37.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability37
Labour stability8
Diversification65
Demographic stability41
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)
37.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access70
Market access20
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)
67.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary90
Lifelong learning76
Knowledge workers64
Scientists & engineers41
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.8 µg/m³
PM1020.2 µg/m³
NO211.5 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)
47.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy39
Jobs13.5
Education56.5
Health84
Safety63.7
Connectivity34.5
Environment40.7
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
59.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+9.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-5.3 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 24.7%Diversified · HHI 2163
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 21.6%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 23.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.7%Public · health · education 22%
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).
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,837M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€389M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,576M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,782M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — construction (F)
€1,708M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,101M
2023 · EU pctl 89
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€19,500
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 44
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,100
2023 · EU pctl 33
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,061M
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,031M
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€13,729M
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,373M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,689M
2023 · EU pctl 89
Labour market
Employment, total persons
406,900
2023 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
68,300
2023 · EU pctl 93
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,900
2023 · EU pctl 86
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.8%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
27.9%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
68,999
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise births
5,127
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise deaths
5,046
2023 · EU pctl 89
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 30
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
10
2012 · EU pctl 40
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
9 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 19
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
46.6%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
55.0%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
15.4%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.7%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.0%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,689,670
2024 · EU pctl 91
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
546 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 31 · 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.
202
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
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)
627,732
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
287,903
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged under 15
99,493
2025 · EU pctl 87
Median age of population
51.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 93
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Crude rate of total population change
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude birth rate
4.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Live births
4,535
2024 · EU pctl 82
Deaths
13,109
2024 · EU pctl 97
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.94
2024 · EU pctl 1
Population density (persons per km²)
96 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 39
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
22.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
353 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
848 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
224 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
174 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
43 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
503 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 80
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 44
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
44
2024 · EU pctl 7
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