NUTS-3 ES243 · Spain
Zaragoza
Zaragoza generates €34bn of GDP across 998.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (93.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (23th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable45 → 49 EU percentile since 1995 (+3 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 intensity88
Digital readiness83
Economic base71
Growth momentum66
Cost advantage66
Talent & skills61
Industrial base60
Demographic outlook53
Quality of life53
Resilience51
Air quality45
Connectivity41
Governance31
Labour market29
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)
59.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth66.2
Livability52.7
Market access27
Economic scale91
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)
50.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability48
Labour stability8
Diversification74
Demographic stability73
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)
40.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access85
Market access27
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)
61.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary81
Lifelong learning75
Knowledge workers49
Scientists & engineers40
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.6 µg/m³
PM1017.8 µg/m³
NO213.8 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)
52.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy52.5
Jobs23
Education53
Health93.5
Safety54.3
Connectivity46.5
Environment46.3
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
66.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.7 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 · 25.3%Diversified · HHI 2113
Agriculture 4.4%Industry 25.3%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 23.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.2%Public · health · education 20.9%
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)
€34,286M2023
7.3% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€30,911M2025
2.8% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Population
998,4432025
1.1% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Unemployment rate
8.0%2025
1.3% 1y 7.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Employment
468,1002023
2.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Productivity / employee
€78,0432025
3.0% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Gross value added
€31,231M2023
7.4% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€31,231M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,373M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,898M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,054M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€1,527M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,274M
2023 · EU pctl 91
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€19,900
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 71
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,900
2023 · EU pctl 50
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€9,383M
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,967M
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€22,292M
2024 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,624M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,536M
2023 · EU pctl 91
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,911M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,043
2025 · EU pctl 38
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,801M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour market
Employment, total persons
468,100
2023 · EU pctl 93
Self-employed persons
60,300
2023 · EU pctl 90
Employment in manufacturing (C)
75,700
2023 · EU pctl 95
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.1%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.1%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
501,200
2025 · EU pctl 94
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
63,677
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise births
4,897
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise deaths
4,539
2023 · EU pctl 86
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 22
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.0%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
49.6%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
15.1%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.7%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.7%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.6%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,401,018
2024 · EU pctl 80
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
499 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 20 · 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.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
51,717 kt
2025 · EU pctl 99
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
18 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
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)
648,918
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged 65+
221,382
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged under 15
128,143
2025 · EU pctl 92
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 55
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of total population change
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Live births
6,213
2024 · EU pctl 90
Deaths
9,706
2024 · EU pctl 94
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
58 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 21
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
829,042
2100 · EU pctl 92
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
352 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
812 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
226 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
126 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
270 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
254 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · 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)
219 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 72
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 59
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
557 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.6%
2021 · EU pctl 83
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