NUTS-3 ES422 · Spain
Ciudad Real
Export region data (CSV)Ciudad Real generates €12bn of GDP across 494.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +2.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 7.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (8th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.2
Livability42.3
Market access25
Economic scale68
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability38
Labour stability4
Diversification94
Demographic stability44
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)
9
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density0
Airport access2
Market access25
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary75
Lifelong learning71
Knowledge workers21
Scientists & engineers14
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.1 µg/m³
PM1025 µg/m³
NO29.2 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)
42.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy29
Jobs8
Education27.5
Health89
Safety69.3
Connectivity33
Environment40
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
50.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-4.9 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: Public · health · education · 23.2%Diversified · HHI 1904
Agriculture 8.9%Industry 21.8%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 20.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 18%Public · health · education 23.2%
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)
€11,358M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,013M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,475M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,912M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€820M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,369M
2023 · EU pctl 69
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,800
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 32
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,300
2023 · EU pctl 28
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€9,963M
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,892M
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€23,774M
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,050M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,633M
2023 · EU pctl 70
Labour market
Employment, total persons
181,500
2023 · EU pctl 69
Self-employed persons
31,300
2023 · EU pctl 72
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,500
2023 · EU pctl 59
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
27.6%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,354
2023 · EU pctl 74
Enterprise births
2,265
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise deaths
2,304
2023 · EU pctl 73
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 30
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
4
2012 · EU pctl 24
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
8 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 17
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
33.3%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
14.0%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.8%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.6%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.3%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
935,863
2024 · EU pctl 51
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
599 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · 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.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
173
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
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)
323,424
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
107,980
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged under 15
63,444
2025 · EU pctl 73
Median age of population
46.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 54
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of total population change
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
3,224
2024 · EU pctl 73
Deaths
5,275
2024 · EU pctl 76
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.0%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.17
2024 · EU pctl 17
Population density (persons per km²)
25 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 5
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
241 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
837 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
206 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
238 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
154 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
631 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
90 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 93
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 27
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 84
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