NUTS-3 ES424 · Spain
Guadalajara
Guadalajara generates €6.9bn of GDP across 285.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 7.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (8th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable39 → 27 EU percentile since 1995 (-12 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 intensity95
Energy cost95
Growth momentum78
Cost advantage74
Digital readiness66
Air quality51
Resilience50
Talent & skills45
Quality of life42
Industrial base40
Governance31
Economic base30
Connectivity26
Demographic outlook25
Labour market13
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)
49.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth78
Livability42.1
Market access35
Economic scale44
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability30
Labour stability4
Diversification68
Demographic stability99
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)
25.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density25
Airport access17
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)
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)
51
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.5 µg/m³
PM1019.1 µg/m³
NO210.6 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)
42.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy28
Jobs8
Education27.5
Health89
Safety44
Connectivity45.5
Environment52.7
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
78
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.7%
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: Industry · 30.9%Diversified · HHI 2148
Agriculture 5.9%Industry 30.9%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 16.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.9%Public · health · education 20.7%
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)
€6,879M2023
1.4% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,127M2025
2.8% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Population
285,8392025
2.0% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Unemployment rate
12.7%2025
9.5% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Employment
91,0002023
4.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Productivity / employee
€81,6272025
3.0% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Gross value added
€6,277M2023
1.5% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,277M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€369M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,939M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€938M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — construction (F)
€336M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,023M
2023 · EU pctl 37
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)
27,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 30
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,800
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
€1,312M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,298M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,127M
2025 · EU pctl 46
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,627
2025 · EU pctl 45
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,479M
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
91,000
2023 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
14,700
2023 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,700
2023 · EU pctl 34
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
12.7%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
148,300
2025 · EU pctl 59
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,569
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise births
1,415
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise deaths
1,223
2023 · EU pctl 55
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 40
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 6 · 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)
769,292
2024 · EU pctl 45
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.
98
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,989 kt
2025 · EU pctl 84
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
23 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
34
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
95
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
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)
196,402
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged 65+
48,526
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged under 15
40,911
2025 · EU pctl 57
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 3
Crude rate of total population change
19.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
21.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
1,850
2024 · EU pctl 50
Deaths
2,190
2024 · EU pctl 36
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
45.5%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
23 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 5
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
211,456
2100 · EU pctl 49
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
236 /100k
2024 · 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
2.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
40.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
282 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
232 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · 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)
1,074 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 77
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 37
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 79
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
48.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.2%
2021 · EU pctl 25
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