NUTS-3 ES705 · Spain
Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria generates €21bn of GDP across 875.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 10.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (82.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable37 → 28 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
Demographic outlook89
Digital readiness78
Cost advantage76
Growth momentum70
Quality of life45
Connectivity42
Air quality39
Talent & skills39
Governance31
Resilience28
Economic base27
Freight intensity26
Labour market8
Industrial base3
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)
52.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth69.6
Livability44.6
Market access13
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability20
Labour stability3
Diversification16
Demographic stability73
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)
41.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density27
Airport access85
Market access13
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)
38.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary61
Lifelong learning65
Knowledge workers14
Scientists & engineers15
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.8 µg/m³
PM1029.4 µg/m³
NO29.2 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)
44.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy25.5
Jobs5
Education31.5
Health82.5
Safety74.7
Connectivity52.5
Environment40.3
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
69.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+10.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-9.1 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 33.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2567
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 7.1%Construction 6.1%Trade · transport · ICT 33.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.8%Public · health · education 26.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€20,794M2023
9.9% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€19,793M2025
2.8% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Population
875,5892025
0.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Unemployment rate
13.5%2025
2.2% 1y 9.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Employment
352,5002023
3.0% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Productivity / employee
€63,3822025
3.0% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Gross value added
€19,558M2023
9.2% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,558M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€262M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,393M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€683M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — construction (F)
€1,198M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,618M
2023 · EU pctl 90
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,300
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,000
2023 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,461M
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€298M
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€28,532M
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,845M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,243M
2023 · EU pctl 87
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,793M
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€63,382
2025 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,697M
2025 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
352,500
2023 · EU pctl 89
Self-employed persons
47,900
2023 · EU pctl 86
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,600
2023 · EU pctl 38
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
29.5%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
459,400
2025 · EU pctl 93
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
57,090
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise births
5,250
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise deaths
4,825
2023 · EU pctl 88
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 50
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.1%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.6%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.3%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
26,989,094
2024 · EU pctl 99
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
609 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,396 kt
2025 · EU pctl 81
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
798
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
91
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
39 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
618,804
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
163,068
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged under 15
93,717
2025 · EU pctl 86
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 51
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.4%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Live births
4,390
2024 · EU pctl 82
Deaths
7,238
2024 · EU pctl 88
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
41.5%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.81
2024 · EU pctl 0
Population density (persons per km²)
561 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 84
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
731,652
2100 · EU pctl 90
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
290 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
826 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
214 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
83.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
298 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · 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)
1,357 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
29
2024 · EU pctl 98
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 27
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
65
2024 · EU pctl 88
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
23.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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