NUTS-3 ES613 · Spain
Córdoba
Export region data (CSV)Córdoba generates €17bn of GDP across 773.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 8.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (68.7th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.6
Livability38.2
Market access24
Economic scale78
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)
41.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability2
Diversification88
Demographic stability33
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)
12
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density1
Airport access11
Market access24
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)
46.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning69
Knowledge workers37
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)
27
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1022.5 µg/m³
NO213.7 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)
38.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy21.5
Jobs3
Education43.5
Health68.5
Safety68.7
Connectivity35
Environment27.5
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
56.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+8.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-7.1 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 · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 1992
Agriculture 9.4%Industry 13.9%Construction 6.7%Trade · transport · ICT 19.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 27.8%
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)
€15,711M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,480M
2023 · EU pctl 100
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,187M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,786M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — construction (F)
€1,059M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,082M
2023 · EU pctl 76
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,700
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 21
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,200
2023 · EU pctl 23
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€38,703M
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,996M
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€98,864M
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,532M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,370M
2023 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
288,400
2023 · EU pctl 85
Self-employed persons
46,700
2023 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,600
2023 · EU pctl 74
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
71.4%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
32.7%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
49,913
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise births
4,012
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise deaths
3,724
2023 · EU pctl 82
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 39
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
2012 · EU pctl 25
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
6 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 14
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.7%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.5%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,375,058
2024 · EU pctl 73
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
535 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · 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.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
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)
505,745
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged 65+
166,890
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged under 15
100,528
2025 · EU pctl 87
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27
Crude rate of total population change
-1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
5,327
2024 · EU pctl 87
Deaths
7,749
2024 · EU pctl 90
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.9%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 20
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
34.7%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
231 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
972 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
217 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
237 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
181 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
411 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
103 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 100
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 87
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 58
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 71
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