NUTS-3 ES120 · Spain
Asturias
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable32 → 32 EU percentile since 1995 (+0 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
Freight intensity72
Talent & skills68
Cost advantage66
Growth momentum60
Quality of life47
Digital readiness46
Economic base44
Air quality39
Industrial base39
Resilience38
Connectivity37
Governance31
Labour market15
Demographic outlook8
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)
53.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.8
Livability47.3
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density21
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)
47.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy39
Jobs13.5
Education56.5
Health84
Safety63.7
Connectivity33.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€28,350M2023
6.2% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€25,425M2025
2.8% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Population
1,015,1282025
0.5% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Unemployment rate
8.8%2025
12.9% 1y 9.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Employment
406,9002023
2.3% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Productivity / employee
€74,4852025
3.0% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Gross value added
€25,837M2023
6.3% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,425M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,485
2025 · EU pctl 34
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,740M
2025 · EU pctl 86
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
475,100
2025 · EU pctl 94
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 47 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
39,693 kt
2025 · EU pctl 97
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 26
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
43 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
576,453
2100 · EU pctl 85
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
355 /100k
2024 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
80.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.8%
2021 · EU pctl 58
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