NUTS-3 ES614 · Spain
Granada
Granada generates €21bn of GDP across 945.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 53.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 8.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (68.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard24 → 24 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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
Cost advantage78
Growth momentum71
Digital readiness69
Freight intensity52
Talent & skills47
Resilience45
Demographic outlook44
Quality of life40
Air quality37
Governance31
Economic base22
Connectivity18
Industrial base8
Labour market5
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)
53.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth70.6
Livability40.2
Market access22
Economic scale81
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability45
Labour stability2
Diversification60
Demographic stability74
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)
18.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density27
Airport access6
Market access22
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)
37
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.6 µg/m³
PM1025.8 µg/m³
NO214.2 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)
40.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy22
Jobs3
Education43.5
Health68.5
Safety58.3
Connectivity48
Environment38.3
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
70.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 26.9%Diversified · HHI 2190
Agriculture 6.3%Industry 9.4%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 25.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.5%Public · health · education 26.9%
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)
€20,837M2023
8.6% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€19,168M2025
2.8% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Population
945,7972025
0.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Unemployment rate
15.2%2025
29.3% 1y 8.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Employment
343,8002023
3.0% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Productivity / employee
€64,9832025
3.0% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Gross value added
€19,014M2023
8.7% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,014M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,192M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,780M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,058M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — construction (F)
€1,245M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,848M
2023 · EU pctl 85
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)
25,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 22
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)
€4,840M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,109M
2023 · EU pctl 87
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,168M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€64,983
2025 · EU pctl 27
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,587M
2025 · EU pctl 82
Labour market
Employment, total persons
343,800
2023 · EU pctl 88
Self-employed persons
61,100
2023 · EU pctl 91
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,300
2023 · EU pctl 52
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
15.2%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
455,100
2025 · EU pctl 93
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
65,018
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise births
6,100
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise deaths
5,514
2023 · EU pctl 90
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31 · 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)
7,842,609
2024 · EU pctl 92
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.
676
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
27,576 kt
2025 · EU pctl 94
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
31 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
72
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
137
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
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)
630,521
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
188,641
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
126,635
2025 · EU pctl 92
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.9%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
6,623
2024 · EU pctl 92
Deaths
8,117
2024 · EU pctl 91
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.0%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
2024 · EU pctl 18
Population density (persons per km²)
75 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 30
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
723,814
2100 · EU pctl 90
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
217 /100k
2024 · 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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
71.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
263 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
233 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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)
1,015 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
26
2024 · EU pctl 94
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 61
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 80
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
78.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 21
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