NUTS-3 PT191 · Portugal
Região de Aveiro
Região de Aveiro generates €10.0bn of GDP across 392.3k 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 +6.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (76th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (11th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Industrial base93
Energy cost90
Growth momentum80
Cost advantage78
Resilience75
Talent & skills70
Labour market64
Air quality45
Quality of life44
Economic base42
Connectivity27
Freight intensity26
Digital readiness5
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)
52.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth80
Livability44
Market access27
Economic scale59
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)
75.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability61
Labour stability99
Diversification45
Demographic stability96
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)
27.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density17
Airport access38
Market access27
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)
70
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary72
Lifelong learning82
Knowledge workers53
Scientists & engineers73
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1020.4 µg/m³
NO29.4 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)
44
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32
Jobs52
Education56
Health76
Safety36.3
Connectivity11
Environment45
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
80
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.3 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 · 35.9%Diversified · HHI 2281
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 35.9%Construction 3.2%Trade · transport · ICT 21.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.4%Public · health · education 15.2%
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)
€9,962M2024
5.5% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Population
392,2572025
2.0% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
183,8702023
1.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Gross value added
€8,663M2024
5.3% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
All indicators · 74 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,663M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€193M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,111M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,970M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — construction (F)
€275M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,826M
2023 · EU pctl 59
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,500
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,600
2024 · EU pctl 29
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,092M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,154M
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€16,948M
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€753M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — information & communication (J)
€198M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,504M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,314M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Labour market
Employment, total persons
183,870
2023 · EU pctl 70
Self-employed persons
27,490
2023 · EU pctl 67
Employment in manufacturing (C)
59,440
2023 · EU pctl 91
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
46,543
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise births
7,097
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise deaths
5,567
2023 · EU pctl 90
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 62
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.8%
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
33.4%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.4%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
17.9%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.4%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
88.3%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,190,260
2025 · EU pctl 57
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,334 kt
2025 · EU pctl 51
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
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)
249,028
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged 65+
94,903
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged under 15
48,326
2025 · EU pctl 64
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 61
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of total population change
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Live births
2,791
2024 · EU pctl 68
Deaths
4,072
2024 · EU pctl 65
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
2024 · EU pctl 28
Population density (persons per km²)
236 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 69
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
332 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
209 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
663 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
80 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
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)
90 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 81
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 29
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.4%
2021 · EU pctl 64
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