NUTS-3 ES533 · Spain
Menorca
Menorca generates €2.5bn of GDP across 102.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (88.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (20th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable39 → 29 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 readiness87
Growth momentum78
Cost advantage66
Talent & skills49
Quality of life45
Air quality44
Demographic outlook37
Economic base33
Connectivity33
Governance31
Resilience31
Labour market28
Freight intensity16
Industrial base8
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)
34.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth78.2
Livability44.9
Market access4
Economic scale11
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability4
Labour stability6
Diversification17
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)
32.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density4
Airport access90
Market access4
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)
48.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary60
Lifelong learning80
Knowledge workers31
Scientists & engineers23
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.4 µg/m³
PM1020.2 µg/m³
NO27.7 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)
44.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy33.5
Jobs20
Education29.5
Health88.5
Safety52
Connectivity45.5
Environment45.3
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
78.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+9.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-7.3 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 39.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2554
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 10%Construction 9.7%Trade · transport · ICT 39.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.6%Public · health · education 18.2%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,548M2023
9.4% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,355M2025
2.8% 1y 7.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Population
102,8212025
1.7% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Unemployment rate
8.8%2025
5.4% 1y 11.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Employment
35,0002023
3.9% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Productivity / employee
€78,4462025
3.0% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Gross value added
€2,316M2023
9.5% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,316M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€22M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — industry (B–E)
€232M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€129M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — construction (F)
€225M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€915M
2023 · EU pctl 32
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€19,100
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 33
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,500
2023 · EU pctl 28
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€9,927M
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€144M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€19,108M
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€499M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€422M
2023 · EU pctl 8
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,355M
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,446
2025 · EU pctl 39
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€691M
2025 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
35,000
2023 · EU pctl 7
Self-employed persons
7,000
2023 · EU pctl 23
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,900
2023 · EU pctl 5
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.3%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
17.1%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,800
2025 · EU pctl 18
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,589
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise births
810
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise deaths
645
2023 · EU pctl 36
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 42
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.2%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.2%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.7%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,719,852
2024 · EU pctl 91
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
616 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,478 kt
2025 · EU pctl 8
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
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
19 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
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)
71,388
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged 65+
18,910
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged under 15
12,523
2025 · EU pctl 12
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 35
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of total population change
17.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Live births
627
2024 · EU pctl 10
Deaths
755
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.0%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.96
2024 · EU pctl 2
Population density (persons per km²)
147 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 55
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
71,808
2100 · EU pctl 10
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
277 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
807 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
220 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
175 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
241 /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)
104 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 80
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 19
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)
2.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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