NUTS-3 ES211 · Spain
Araba/Álava
Export region data (CSV)Araba/Álava generates €14bn of GDP across 342k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +2.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (98th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (22.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.2
Livability68.7
Market access33
Economic scale72
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)
47.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability51
Labour stability22
Diversification41
Demographic stability76
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density29
Airport access50
Market access33
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)
88.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary99
Lifelong learning86
Knowledge workers93
Scientists & engineers76
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)
69.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.5 µg/m³
PM1011.9 µg/m³
NO211.1 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)
68.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy67
Jobs22.5
Education85.5
Health98
Safety81.3
Connectivity55.5
Environment71
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
48.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.2 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: Industry · 31.2%Diversified · HHI 2306
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 31.2%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.3%Public · health · education 21.2%
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)
€12,858M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€185M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,011M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,807M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — construction (F)
€627M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,446M
2023 · EU pctl 70
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,200
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 86
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,700
2023 · EU pctl 68
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,022M
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,378M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€43,785M
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,864M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,725M
2023 · EU pctl 71
Labour market
Employment, total persons
168,600
2023 · EU pctl 67
Self-employed persons
15,700
2023 · EU pctl 51
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,600
2023 · EU pctl 83
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.6%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.6%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,794
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise births
1,391
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise deaths
1,326
2023 · EU pctl 57
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 58
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
32
2012 · EU pctl 67
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
101 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 53
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
58.2%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
68.6%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
19.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
32.5%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,447,433
2024 · EU pctl 61
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
478 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 17 · 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.
433
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
127
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
55
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
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)
218,541
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged 65+
78,143
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged under 15
45,277
2025 · EU pctl 62
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.8%
2025 · EU pctl 44
Crude rate of total population change
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
2,094
2024 · EU pctl 55
Deaths
3,025
2024 · EU pctl 50
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
113 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 45
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.7%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
326 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
779 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
216 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
59.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
189 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
434 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
21 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
532 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 18
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 41
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 62
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