NUTS-3 PT150 · Portugal
Algarve
Export region data (CSV)Algarve generates €14bn of GDP across 492.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (70.7th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (13th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth87
Livability40.9
Market access9
Economic scale73
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)
30
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability7
Labour stability10
Diversification8
Demographic stability95
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)
56
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access76
Market access9
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)
32.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary20
Lifelong learning76
Knowledge workers16
Scientists & engineers17
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)
70.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.52.8 µg/m³
PM1017.4 µg/m³
NO27.7 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)
40.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy46.5
Jobs49
Education16.5
Health41.5
Safety13
Connectivity49
Environment70.7
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
87
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.7 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 41.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2783
Agriculture 3.8%Industry 4.8%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 41.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.2%Public · health · education 18.5%
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 · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,446M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€470M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — industry (B–E)
€593M
2024 · EU pctl 17
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€265M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — construction (F)
€766M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,178M
2024 · EU pctl 86
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€18,600
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 60
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,300
2024 · EU pctl 36
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€2,688M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€52M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€5,209M
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,730M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — information & communication (J)
€155M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,133M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,306M
2024 · EU pctl 66
Labour market
Employment, total persons
268,040
2024 · EU pctl 83
Self-employed persons
58,870
2023 · EU pctl 90
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,260
2023 · EU pctl 19
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.7%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.8%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
88,524
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise births
16,545
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise deaths
10,445
2023 · EU pctl 96
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 52
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
2
2012 · EU pctl 14
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
4 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 10
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.8%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.8%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
15.6%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.9%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.1%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
22,983,590
2024 · EU pctl 99
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,905
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
793
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
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)
306,876
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged 65+
119,035
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged under 15
66,836
2025 · EU pctl 75
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 56
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
17.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
20.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
4,347
2024 · EU pctl 81
Deaths
5,623
2024 · EU pctl 79
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.6%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.1%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
236 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,070 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
228 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
120 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
253 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,417 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
87 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
321 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 69
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 19
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 81
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