NUTS-3 ES417 · Spain
Soria
Soria generates €2.8bn of GDP across 90.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 37.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +2.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 6.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (99th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (17.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable43 → 42 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 intensity97
Energy cost95
Cost advantage68
Industrial base63
Talent & skills60
Economic base59
Air quality58
Digital readiness56
Quality of life55
Growth momentum52
Resilience44
Governance31
Labour market21
Connectivity15
Demographic outlook13
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)
37.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.2
Livability54.8
Market access31
Economic scale13
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)
43.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability37
Labour stability9
Diversification73
Demographic stability56
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)
15.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access5
Market access31
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)
60.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary86
Lifelong learning75
Knowledge workers49
Scientists & engineers31
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1015 µg/m³
NO29.5 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)
54.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45.5
Jobs17.5
Education60
Health99
Safety69.3
Connectivity33
Environment59
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
52.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.5 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 · 27.2%Diversified · HHI 2119
Agriculture 3.7%Industry 27.2%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 22%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.9%Public · health · education 23.5%
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)
€2,825M2023
4.3% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,594M2025
2.8% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Population
90,1832025
0.1% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Unemployment rate
8.5%2025
25.0% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Employment
43,7002023
2.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Productivity / employee
€69,5652025
3.0% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Gross value added
€2,578M2023
4.3% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,578M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — industry (B–E)
€700M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€519M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — construction (F)
€175M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€567M
2023 · EU pctl 19
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€18,500
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 59
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,500
2023 · EU pctl 40
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€13,527M
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,707M
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€32,274M
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€435M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€606M
2023 · EU pctl 14
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,594M
2025 · EU pctl 16
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€69,565
2025 · EU pctl 30
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€620M
2025 · EU pctl 12
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,700
2023 · EU pctl 12
Self-employed persons
7,200
2023 · EU pctl 24
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,800
2023 · EU pctl 25
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.7%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.5%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
43,400
2025 · EU pctl 11
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,755
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
389
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise deaths
346
2023 · EU pctl 16
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 12
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.3%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
52.3%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.8%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.0%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
882,604
2024 · EU pctl 49
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
601 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,449 kt
2025 · EU pctl 46
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
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)
26 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
140
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
56,232
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged 65+
23,482
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged under 15
10,469
2025 · EU pctl 9
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 82
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.8%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
480
2024 · EU pctl 7
Deaths
1,148
2024 · EU pctl 12
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
9 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 1
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
57,615
2100 · EU pctl 7
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
343 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
749 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
212 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
352 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
138 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
68 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · 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)
967 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
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 53
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 29
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 65
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
122 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 91
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.3%
2021 · EU pctl 43
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