NUTS-3 ES706 · Spain
La Gomera
La Gomera generates €443M of GDP across 22.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +2.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 10.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (92.3th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard23 → 21 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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 readiness78
Cost advantage76
Demographic outlook68
Growth momentum57
Quality of life49
Talent & skills39
Air quality35
Governance31
Resilience29
Connectivity23
Economic base13
Labour market8
Freight intensity3
Industrial base1
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)
28
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57
Livability49
Market access6
Economic scale0
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)
29.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability15
Labour stability3
Diversification16
Demographic stability83
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)
22.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access39
Market access6
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)
34.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.2 µg/m³
PM1026.7 µg/m³
NO28.6 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)
49
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy18.5
Jobs5
Education31.5
Health82.5
Safety92.3
Connectivity78
Environment35
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
57
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
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 · 35.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2570
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 4.8%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 35.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.9%Public · health · education 29.7%
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)
€443M2023
5.4% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€422M2025
2.8% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Population
22,5602025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Unemployment rate
13.4%2025
0.0% 1y 10.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Employment
7,8002023
0.0% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
Productivity / employee
€61,0482025
3.0% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Gross value added
€415M2023
4.5% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€415M
2023 · EU pctl 0
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€15M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — industry (B–E)
€20M
2023 · EU pctl 0
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9M
2023 · EU pctl 0
GVA — construction (F)
€33M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€146M
2023 · EU pctl 1
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)
22,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 13
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,800
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
€79M
2023 · EU pctl 0
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€123M
2023 · EU pctl 1
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€422M
2025 · EU pctl 1
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€61,048
2025 · EU pctl 25
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€79M
2025 · EU pctl 0
Labour market
Employment, total persons
7,800
2023 · EU pctl 0
Self-employed persons
1,400
2023 · EU pctl 0
Employment in manufacturing (C)
100
2023 · EU pctl 0
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)
13.4%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
11,200
2025 · EU pctl 1
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,419
2023 · EU pctl 1
Enterprise births
118
2023 · EU pctl 2
Enterprise deaths
100
2023 · EU pctl 1
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 30
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)
881,293
2024 · EU pctl 49
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
609 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
134 kt
2025 · EU pctl 0
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.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
15,119
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged 65+
5,447
2025 · EU pctl 0
Population aged under 15
1,994
2025 · EU pctl 0
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 86
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of total population change
2.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude birth rate
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude death rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Live births
96
2024 · EU pctl 0
Deaths
185
2024 · EU pctl 0
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.2%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.79
2024 · EU pctl 0
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 23
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
17,373
2100 · EU pctl 0
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
71.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
88.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
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)
1,179 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
27
2024 · EU pctl 96
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 24
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 82
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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