NUTS-3 PT11E · Portugal
Terras de Trás-os-Montes
Terras de Trás-os-Montes generates €2.1bn of GDP across 107.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 29.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (10th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard19 → 18 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 momentum48
Quality of life47
Labour market46
Resilience46
Governance37
Economic base17
Connectivity11
Industrial base11
Demographic outlook6
Digital readiness6
Freight intensity2
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)
29.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.8
Livability47.1
Market access16
Economic scale7
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)
45.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability12
Diversification97
Demographic stability30
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)
11
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
Airport access3
Market access16
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)
47.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy18.5
Jobs38.5
Education46.5
Health75.5
Safety41.7
Connectivity10
Environment99
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
47.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.8 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 · 30.1%Diversified · HHI 1797
Agriculture 8.1%Industry 15.5%Construction 4.3%Trade · transport · ICT 16.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.2%Public · health · education 30.1%
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)
€2,075M2024
9.2% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,764M2025
1.9% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Population
107,2962025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Unemployment rate
6.1%2025
7.6% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Employment
49,4202023
0.0% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Productivity / employee
€43,3052025
3.5% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
Gross value added
€1,804M2024
9.0% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,804M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€147M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — industry (B–E)
€280M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€120M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — construction (F)
€77M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€298M
2023 · EU pctl 6
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)
23,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 17
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,300
2024 · EU pctl 18
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)
€183M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — information & communication (J)
€15M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€310M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€542M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,764M
2025 · EU pctl 8
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€43,305
2025 · EU pctl 12
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€444M
2025 · EU pctl 7
Labour market
Employment, total persons
49,420
2023 · EU pctl 16
Self-employed persons
18,990
2023 · EU pctl 56
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,070
2023 · EU pctl 6
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)
6.1%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
48,900
2025 · EU pctl 14
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,625
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise births
1,318
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise deaths
1,228
2023 · EU pctl 55
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 63
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)
366,265
2025 · EU pctl 24
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
570 kt
2025 · EU pctl 2
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
167
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
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)
60,044
2025 · EU pctl 13
Population aged 65+
37,223
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged under 15
10,029
2025 · EU pctl 8
Median age of population
54.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
62.0%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Crude rate of total population change
5.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
16.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
15.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Live births
544
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
1,725
2024 · EU pctl 26
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.7%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
2024 · EU pctl 6
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
64,035
2100 · EU pctl 9
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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
395 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
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)
670 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
1
2024 · EU pctl 1
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 77
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
1.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.7%
2021 · EU pctl 16
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