NUTS-3 PT11B · Portugal
Alto Tâmega e Barroso
Export region data (CSV)Alto Tâmega e Barroso generates €1.5bn of GDP across 83.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.0%/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 (10th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
31.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60
Livability37.6
Market access24
Economic scale4
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)
46.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability49
Labour stability12
Diversification98
Demographic stability27
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)
17.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
Airport access15
Market access24
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
37.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy16.5
Jobs38.5
Education46.5
Health75.5
Safety38.7
Connectivity10
Environment—
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
60
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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: Public · health · education · 24.3%Diversified · HHI 1719
Agriculture 4.6%Industry 19%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 18%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.5%Public · health · education 24.3%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,330M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€62M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€253M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€113M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — construction (F)
€87M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€240M
2023 · EU pctl 4
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)
22,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 13
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,300
2024 · EU pctl 17
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)
€161M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€259M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€323M
2023 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
32,960
2023 · EU pctl 6
Self-employed persons
10,600
2023 · EU pctl 37
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,630
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
8,799
2023 · EU pctl 35
Enterprise births
1,105
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise deaths
1,013
2023 · EU pctl 50
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
402,998
2024 · EU pctl 27
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
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.
100
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
45,569
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged 65+
30,580
2025 · EU pctl 23
Population aged under 15
7,296
2025 · EU pctl 4
Median age of population
56.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 100
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
67.1%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude birth rate
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
16.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Live births
402
2024 · EU pctl 4
Deaths
1,415
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
83.1%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
2024 · EU pctl 12
Population density (persons per km²)
29 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 7
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
2.4 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
173 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
441 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
426 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
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