NUTS-3 PT11B · Portugal
Alto Tâmega e Barroso
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 (9.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard17 → 16 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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
Talent & skills63
Growth momentum60
Resilience47
Labour market46
Quality of life38
Governance37
Connectivity17
Industrial base15
Economic base13
Demographic outlook7
Digital readiness6
Freight intensity3
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)
31.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60
Livability37.5
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)
17.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density13
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)
37.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy16.5
Jobs38.5
Education46.5
Health75.5
Safety38.7
Connectivity9.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€1,529M2024
9.0% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,300M2025
1.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Population
83,4452025
0.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Unemployment rate
6.2%2025
4.6% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Employment
32,9602023
0.4% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Productivity / employee
€47,8672025
3.5% 1y 6.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Gross value added
€1,330M2024
8.8% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
All indicators · 84 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,300M
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,867
2025 · EU pctl 18
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€327M
2025 · EU pctl 4
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
37,100
2025 · EU pctl 8
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
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)
427,056
2025 · EU pctl 28
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
512 kt
2025 · EU pctl 1
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 13
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
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
16.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude birth rate
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
17.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
48,153
2100 · EU pctl 5
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
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
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)
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
2.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.2%
2021 · EU pctl 41
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