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NUTS-3 ES709 · Spain

Tenerife

Export region data (CSV)

Tenerife generates €23bn of GDP across 966.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years, 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).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth69
Livability42.9
Market access14
Economic scale84
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)
30.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability18
Labour stability3
Diversification15
Demographic stability86
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)
47
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density48
Airport access79
Market access14
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)
28.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.9 µg/m³
PM1029.2 µg/m³
NO211.3 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)
42.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy26.5
Jobs5
Education31.5
Health82.5
Safety62.7
Connectivity63
Environment29
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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 · 34.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2614
Agriculture 1.6%Industry 6.6%Construction 5.2%Trade · transport · ICT 34.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.5%Public · health · education 25.8%
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)
€21,947M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€358M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,453M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€611M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — construction (F)
€1,141M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,511M
2023 · EU pctl 91
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)
27,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 29
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,500
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
€5,816M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,669M
2023 · EU pctl 89
Labour market
Employment, total persons
385,400
2023 · EU pctl 90
Self-employed persons
60,900
2023 · EU pctl 91
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,500
2023 · EU pctl 37
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
68,658
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise births
7,157
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise deaths
6,105
2023 · EU pctl 92
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 52
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
2012 · EU pctl 27
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
6 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 15
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
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)
35,774,106
2024 · EU pctl 100
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
609 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 57 · 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.
3,737
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
387
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
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)
677,930
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged 65+
180,037
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
108,502
2025 · EU pctl 89
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 47
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.6%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of total population change
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Live births
4,813
2024 · EU pctl 85
Deaths
7,733
2024 · EU pctl 90
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
42.6%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.78
2024 · EU pctl 0
Population density (persons per km²)
474 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 82
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
31.2%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
290 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 18 · 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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
88.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
210 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
509 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
2,541 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 43
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 67
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