NUTS-3 ES212 · Spain
Gipuzkoa
Export region data (CSV)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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54
Livability65.2
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)
31.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density16
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)
65.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy64.5
Jobs22.5
Education85.5
Health98
Safety80.3
Connectivity49
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).
All indicators · 70 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
56
2012 · EU pctl 78
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
78 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 48
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)
4,525,954
2024 · EU pctl 85
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.
69
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
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 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
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
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
0.4 /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
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
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