NUTS-3 ES211 · Spain
Araba/Álava
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable68 → 69 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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)
Freight intensity96
Energy cost95
Talent & skills89
Industrial base87
Economic base86
Digital readiness82
Demographic outlook75
Air quality70
Quality of life69
Cost advantage52
Growth momentum48
Resilience48
Connectivity37
Governance31
Labour market23
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)
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)
47.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability51
Labour stability23
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€14,091M2023
9.8% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€13,170M2025
2.8% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Population
341,9612025
1.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Unemployment rate
7.3%2025
14.1% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
168,6002023
2.4% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Productivity / employee
€88,9672025
3.0% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Gross value added
€12,858M2023
9.8% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,170M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,967
2025 · EU pctl 63
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,952M
2025 · EU pctl 70
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
165,100
2025 · EU pctl 64
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.2%
2023 · EU pctl 86 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,169 kt
2025 · EU pctl 90
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
455
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
70 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
133
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 91
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
316,620
2100 · EU pctl 67
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
327 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
77.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.5%
2021 · EU pctl 29
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