NUTS-3 ES212 · Spain
Gipuzkoa
Gipuzkoa generates €28bn of GDP across 733.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years, 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 stable57 → 64 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 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
Talent & skills89
Digital readiness82
Economic base81
Industrial base78
Demographic outlook69
Quality of life65
Freight intensity57
Air quality56
Growth momentum54
Cost advantage52
Resilience43
Connectivity31
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)
60.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54
Livability65.1
Market access35
Economic scale89
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)
43.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability41
Labour stability22
Diversification51
Demographic stability59
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)
31.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density15
Airport access44
Market access35
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)
55.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.4 µg/m³
PM1014.7 µg/m³
NO213.3 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)
65.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy64.5
Jobs22.5
Education85.5
Health98
Safety80.3
Connectivity48.5
Environment56.3
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
54
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2246
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 26.4%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 22.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 23%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)
€28,428M2023
7.8% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€26,570M2025
2.8% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Population
733,1492025
0.5% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Unemployment rate
7.3%2025
21.7% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Employment
362,4002023
0.1% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Productivity / employee
€83,5072025
3.0% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Gross value added
€25,941M2023
7.9% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,941M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€157M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,853M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,546M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€1,437M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,826M
2023 · EU pctl 88
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)
43,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 81
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
€5,964M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,706M
2023 · EU pctl 89
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€26,570M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,507
2025 · EU pctl 48
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,956M
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
362,400
2023 · EU pctl 90
Self-employed persons
43,100
2023 · EU pctl 83
Employment in manufacturing (C)
79,300
2023 · EU pctl 96
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)
351,500
2025 · EU pctl 89
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
49,652
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise births
3,819
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise deaths
3,559
2023 · EU pctl 81
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 47
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)
4,525,954
2024 · EU pctl 85
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
478 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,679 kt
2025 · EU pctl 91
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
69
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
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).
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
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)
465,410
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged 65+
176,195
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged under 15
91,544
2025 · EU pctl 84
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 67
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.9%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
4,430
2024 · EU pctl 82
Deaths
7,327
2024 · EU pctl 88
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
371 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 79
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
705,837
2100 · EU pctl 89
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
72.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
384 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
378 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
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)
395 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
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 49
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 55
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 60
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
97.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.4%
2021 · EU pctl 76
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