NUTS-3 PT119 · Portugal
Ave
Export region data (CSV)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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67.2
Livability37.9
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)
31.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
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)
37.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy23.5
Jobs38.5
Education46.5
Health75.5
Safety64.3
Connectivity10
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).
All indicators · 68 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
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
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
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)
709,931
2024 · EU pctl 42
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 16
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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
1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
333 /100k
2023 · 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
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
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
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