NUTS-3 ES514 · Spain
Tarragona
Tarragona generates €29bn of GDP across 875.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 5.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (94.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (23th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable61 → 53 EU percentile since 1995 (-9 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
Digital readiness90
Talent & skills77
Freight intensity71
Economic base69
Growth momentum69
Cost advantage66
Quality of life59
Air quality54
Industrial base52
Resilience46
Connectivity40
Demographic outlook35
Labour market31
Governance31
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)
62.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth69
Livability58.5
Market access32
Economic scale89
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability31
Labour stability6
Diversification51
Demographic stability97
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)
40
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density30
Airport access58
Market access32
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)
76.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary95
Lifelong learning79
Knowledge workers79
Scientists & engineers54
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)
54
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1015.2 µg/m³
NO210.2 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)
58.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy51.5
Jobs23
Education76
Health94.5
Safety50.7
Connectivity60
Environment54
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
69
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-4.2 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 26%Diversified · HHI 2249
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 24%Construction 5.2%Trade · transport · ICT 25.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 26%Public · health · education 17.7%
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)
€29,472M2023
7.3% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€27,966M2025
2.8% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Population
875,5302025
1.6% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Unemployment rate
8.4%2025
31.7% 1y 10.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Employment
355,8002023
4.9% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Productivity / employee
€89,0242025
3.0% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Gross value added
€26,894M2023
7.4% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€26,894M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€407M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,463M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,742M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — construction (F)
€1,398M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,861M
2023 · EU pctl 91
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€19,900
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 69
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,500
2023 · EU pctl 49
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€57,689M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€9,484M
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€147,909M
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,993M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,773M
2023 · EU pctl 85
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€27,966M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,024
2025 · EU pctl 63
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,808M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour market
Employment, total persons
355,800
2023 · EU pctl 89
Self-employed persons
53,600
2023 · EU pctl 89
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,800
2023 · EU pctl 85
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.4%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.1%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
453,300
2025 · EU pctl 93
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
57,280
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise births
5,197
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise deaths
4,637
2023 · EU pctl 87
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 45
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.6%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
46.9%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.2%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.1%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.5%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
19,697,521
2024 · EU pctl 98
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
450 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
33,553 kt
2025 · EU pctl 96
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,345
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
46 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
154
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
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)
577,580
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged 65+
176,264
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
121,686
2025 · EU pctl 91
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.5%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of total population change
15.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
5,782
2024 · EU pctl 89
Deaths
7,749
2024 · EU pctl 90
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.6%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
2024 · EU pctl 18
Population density (persons per km²)
139 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 52
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
731,160
2100 · EU pctl 90
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
360 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
806 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
208 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
581 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · 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)
21 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
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 56
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 36
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
66
2024 · EU pctl 90
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
200 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.5%
2021 · EU pctl 44
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