NUTS-3 PT11A · Portugal
Área Metropolitana do Porto
Área Metropolitana do Porto generates €47bn of GDP across 1.8m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.3%/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 digital connectivity (8th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable31 → 28 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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 cost90
Cost advantage80
Growth momentum75
Talent & skills63
Resilience57
Industrial base51
Labour market46
Economic base44
Connectivity44
Quality of life40
Governance37
Air quality27
Demographic outlook9
Digital readiness6
Freight intensity5
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)
60.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth75.4
Livability40.1
Market access34
Economic scale94
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)
56.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability46
Labour stability12
Diversification81
Demographic stability87
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)
43.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access87
Market access34
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)
27
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.4 µg/m³
PM1020.5 µg/m³
NO215.4 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)
40.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32
Jobs38.5
Education46.5
Health75.5
Safety52.3
Connectivity8
Environment28
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
75.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2068
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 18.7%Construction 3.9%Trade · transport · ICT 26.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.2%Public · health · education 17.8%
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 · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€46,967M2024
6.8% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€39,924M2025
1.9% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Population
1,818,2172025
0.9% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Unemployment rate
6.3%2025
3.1% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
886,5802023
2.0% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Productivity / employee
€54,6462025
3.5% 1y 6.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Gross value added
€40,843M2024
6.7% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€40,843M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€294M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,623M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,033M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€1,593M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€10,793M
2023 · EU pctl 95
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)
31,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 44
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,900
2024 · EU pctl 29
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)
€3,762M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,184M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€10,716M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,273M
2023 · EU pctl 93
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€39,924M
2025 · EU pctl 94
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€54,646
2025 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€10,048M
2025 · EU pctl 94
Labour market
Employment, total persons
886,580
2023 · EU pctl 98
Self-employed persons
117,820
2023 · EU pctl 98
Employment in manufacturing (C)
166,050
2023 · EU pctl 100
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)
951,800
2025 · EU pctl 98
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
247,900
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise births
44,100
2023 · EU pctl 100
Enterprise deaths
28,477
2023 · EU pctl 99
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 68
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)
10,465,340
2025 · EU pctl 95
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,639 kt
2025 · EU pctl 77
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
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)
1,169,572
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged 65+
426,591
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged under 15
222,054
2025 · EU pctl 96
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 61
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.5%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Live births
12,674
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
17,395
2024 · EU pctl 99
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.5%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
2024 · EU pctl 19
Population density (persons per km²)
893 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 89
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,103,722
2100 · EU pctl 95
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
97.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
162 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
907 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
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)
116 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 82
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 69
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 34
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
90.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.9%
2021 · EU pctl 67
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