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NUTS-3 PT191 · Portugal

Região de Aveiro

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Região de Aveiro generates €10.0bn of GDP across 392.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.6/100 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).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
52.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth80.4
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)
75.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability61
Labour stability99
Diversification45
Demographic stability98
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
80.4
/ 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
+1.5%
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).
All indicators · 68 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
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)
1,224,027
2024 · EU pctl 58
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
41
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
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
19.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
22.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.9%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
343 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34 · 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
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
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