NUTS-3 PT11C · Portugal
Tâmega e Sousa
Export region data (CSV)Tâmega e Sousa generates €7.1bn of GDP across 409.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. 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 (9th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65
Livability43.7
Market access29
Economic scale46
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)
55.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability72
Labour stability12
Diversification96
Demographic stability42
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)
32.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access56
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.3 µg/m³
PM1018 µg/m³
NO212.1 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)
43.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15.5
Jobs38.5
Education46.5
Health75.5
Safety65.3
Connectivity9
Environment55.7
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
65
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 28.4%Diversified · HHI 1840
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 28.4%Construction 13.4%Trade · transport · ICT 17.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.8%Public · health · education 17.2%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,208M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€89M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,761M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,485M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — construction (F)
€830M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,090M
2023 · EU pctl 38
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)
21,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 11
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,400
2024 · EU pctl 15
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)
€540M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — information & communication (J)
€29M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€982M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,067M
2023 · EU pctl 35
Labour market
Employment, total persons
183,760
2023 · EU pctl 70
Self-employed persons
25,170
2023 · EU pctl 65
Employment in manufacturing (C)
57,490
2023 · EU pctl 91
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)
41,634
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise births
5,186
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise deaths
4,039
2023 · EU pctl 84
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
524,936
2024 · EU pctl 33
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
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)
272,987
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged 65+
87,387
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged under 15
48,704
2025 · EU pctl 65
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 56
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Live births
2,746
2024 · EU pctl 67
Deaths
3,874
2024 · EU pctl 63
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
226 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 68
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
17.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
90.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
324 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
202 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
35 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 73
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 48
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
41
2024 · EU pctl 3
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