NUTS-3 PT11C · Portugal
Tâmega e Sousa
Tâmega e Sousa generates €7.1bn of GDP across 409.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46/100 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 (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard17 → 16 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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
Industrial base75
Growth momentum65
Talent & skills63
Resilience56
Air quality55
Labour market46
Quality of life44
Governance37
Connectivity32
Demographic outlook20
Economic base11
Digital readiness6
Freight intensity4
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)
46
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.2
Livability43.6
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density11
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)
43.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15.5
Jobs38.5
Education46.5
Health75.5
Safety65.3
Connectivity8.5
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
65.2
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€7,138M2024
6.9% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,068M2025
1.9% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Population
409,0782025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Unemployment rate
6.3%2025
3.1% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
183,7602023
0.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Productivity / employee
€40,0682025
3.5% 1y 6.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Gross value added
€6,208M2024
6.7% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,068M
2025 · EU pctl 46
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€40,068
2025 · EU pctl 10
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,527M
2025 · EU pctl 42
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
222,200
2025 · EU pctl 74
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
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)
549,164
2025 · EU pctl 34
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 13
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,784 kt
2025 · EU pctl 18
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
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
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
222,973
2100 · EU pctl 52
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
0.2 /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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
11.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.4%
2021 · EU pctl 10
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