NUTS-3 ES432 · Spain
Cáceres
Export region data (CSV)Cáceres generates €10bn of GDP across 388.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 8.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (76.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (4th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67.4
Livability46.1
Market access9
Economic scale60
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)
39.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability34
Labour stability5
Diversification88
Demographic stability31
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)
5.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density8
Airport access0
Market access9
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)
51.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary81
Lifelong learning73
Knowledge workers29
Scientists & engineers22
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)
76
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1013.6 µg/m³
NO25.5 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)
46.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy30
Jobs4
Education32
Health75.5
Safety65
Connectivity39.5
Environment76.5
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
67.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+8.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-7.0 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 · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 1992
Agriculture 8.8%Industry 25.8%Construction 7.5%Trade · transport · ICT 15.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 16%Public · health · education 26.4%
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)
€9,368M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€827M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,413M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€486M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — construction (F)
€700M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,453M
2023 · EU pctl 51
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,200
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 37
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,400
2023 · EU pctl 30
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,835M
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€488M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€11,520M
2024 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,502M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,473M
2023 · EU pctl 68
Labour market
Employment, total persons
148,000
2023 · EU pctl 62
Self-employed persons
29,600
2023 · EU pctl 70
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,300
2023 · EU pctl 26
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.7%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
37.4%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,647
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise births
1,983
2023 · EU pctl 62
Enterprise deaths
1,972
2023 · EU pctl 69
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 23
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
2 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 6
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.2%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · 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)
14.8%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.0%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.6%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.5%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,427,859
2024 · EU pctl 74
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
631 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · 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.
10
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
233
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
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)
246,262
2025 · EU pctl 69
Population aged 65+
98,462
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
43,466
2025 · EU pctl 60
Median age of population
49.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 82
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
2,173
2024 · EU pctl 57
Deaths
4,646
2024 · EU pctl 71
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
2024 · EU pctl 8
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 4
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
30.4%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
347 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
925 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
213 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
180 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
376 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 37
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 10
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
64
2024 · EU pctl 87
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