NUTS-3 ES418 · Spain
Valladolid
Valladolid generates €16bn of GDP across 528.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 53.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +2.7%/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 → 40 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 intensity75
Cost advantage68
Talent & skills60
Industrial base60
Economic base58
Digital readiness56
Growth momentum55
Quality of life52
Resilience47
Air quality44
Governance31
Labour market21
Connectivity17
Demographic outlook12
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)
53.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.8
Livability51.6
Market access30
Economic scale77
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability58
Labour stability9
Diversification59
Demographic stability62
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)
17.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density19
Airport access3
Market access30
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)
43.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.2 µg/m³
PM1017.8 µg/m³
NO212.9 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)
51.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45
Jobs17.5
Education60
Health99
Safety58
Connectivity37.5
Environment44.3
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
54.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2201
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 26.4%Construction 4.6%Trade · transport · ICT 21.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.2%Public · health · education 22.7%
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)
€16,425M2023
7.6% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€15,077M2025
2.8% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Population
528,6442025
0.7% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Unemployment rate
8.6%2025
17.3% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Employment
237,1002023
2.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Productivity / employee
€74,5242025
3.0% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Gross value added
€14,905M2023
7.8% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,905M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€371M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,938M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,910M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — construction (F)
€681M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,219M
2023 · EU pctl 78
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)
35,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 58
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,400
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)
€3,307M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,388M
2023 · EU pctl 78
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,077M
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,524
2025 · EU pctl 34
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,606M
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour market
Employment, total persons
237,100
2023 · EU pctl 78
Self-employed persons
34,900
2023 · EU pctl 76
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,600
2023 · EU pctl 76
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)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
257,300
2025 · EU pctl 79
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
32,860
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise births
2,319
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise deaths
2,185
2023 · EU pctl 71
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 24
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)
1,561,276
2024 · EU pctl 63
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
601 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 53 · 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.
75
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
21,758 kt
2025 · EU pctl 90
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
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.
165
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
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)
333,453
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged 65+
132,920
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged under 15
62,271
2025 · EU pctl 72
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 78
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.9%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of total population change
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Live births
3,048
2024 · EU pctl 71
Deaths
5,140
2024 · EU pctl 75
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.5%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
2024 · EU pctl 13
Population density (persons per km²)
65 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 25
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
328,102
2100 · EU pctl 68
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
245 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
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)
702 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
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.
13
2024 · EU pctl 53
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 51
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
152 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 93
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.7%
2021 · EU pctl 79
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