NUTS-3 PT119 · Portugal
Ave
Ave generates €9.4bn of GDP across 423.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (75.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard24 → 22 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)
Industrial base93
Energy cost90
Cost advantage80
Growth momentum67
Talent & skills63
Resilience49
Labour market46
Quality of life38
Governance37
Connectivity31
Economic base27
Demographic outlook10
Air quality7
Digital readiness6
Freight intensity2
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)
47.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67.2
Livability37.8
Market access29
Economic scale56
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)
49
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability76
Labour stability12
Diversification49
Demographic stability59
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)
31
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density13
Airport access51
Market access29
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary50
Lifelong learning76
Knowledge workers52
Scientists & engineers74
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)
7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1022.7 µg/m³
NO228.6 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)
37.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy23.5
Jobs38.5
Education46.5
Health75.5
Safety64.3
Connectivity9.5
Environment7
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
67.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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: Industry · 37.9%Diversified · HHI 2257
Agriculture 1%Industry 37.9%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 16.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.8%Public · health · education 15.3%
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 · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€9,356M2024
7.6% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,953M2025
1.9% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Population
423,2552025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Unemployment rate
6.3%2025
3.1% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
197,5302023
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Productivity / employee
€48,8602025
3.5% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Gross value added
€8,136M2024
7.4% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,136M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€81M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,080M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,742M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — construction (F)
€449M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,354M
2023 · EU pctl 47
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€13,800
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,100
2024 · EU pctl 23
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,004M
2023 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,831M
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€39,066M
2023 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€632M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — information & communication (J)
€80M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,363M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,247M
2023 · EU pctl 41
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,953M
2025 · EU pctl 56
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,860
2025 · EU pctl 18
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,002M
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour market
Employment, total persons
197,530
2023 · EU pctl 73
Self-employed persons
24,980
2023 · EU pctl 65
Employment in manufacturing (C)
74,560
2023 · EU pctl 94
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.8%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
223,600
2025 · EU pctl 75
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
46,936
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise births
6,250
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise deaths
4,739
2023 · EU pctl 87
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 76
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2024 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.6%
2024 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
29.8%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.3%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
15.7%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.3%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
88.8%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
735,138
2025 · EU pctl 43
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,215 kt
2025 · EU pctl 14
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
274,798
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged 65+
97,767
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
50,690
2025 · EU pctl 66
Median age of population
47.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 64
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
3,110
2024 · EU pctl 71
Deaths
3,960
2024 · EU pctl 64
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
292 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 74
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
226,706
2100 · EU pctl 52
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
327 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
914 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
207 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
371 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2022 · EU pctl 32
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.81
2022 · EU pctl 32
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.13
2022 · EU pctl 46
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.79
2022 · EU pctl 37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.89
2022 · EU pctl 91
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 10
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 11
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
615 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 100
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 88
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
29
2024 · EU pctl 98
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
37.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 60
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.5%
2021 · EU pctl 13
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