NUTS-3 PT192 · Portugal
Região de Coimbra
Região de Coimbra generates €11bn of GDP across 452.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.2%/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 (24.5th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost90
Resilience83
Cost advantage78
Growth momentum71
Talent & skills70
Labour market64
Air quality51
Quality of life48
Industrial base43
Economic base33
Connectivity26
Freight intensity15
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)
51.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth71.2
Livability47.7
Market access26
Economic scale62
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)
82.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability60
Labour stability99
Diversification94
Demographic stability78
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density44
Airport access8
Market access26
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)
50.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1019.2 µg/m³
NO28.1 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)
47.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy27.5
Jobs52
Education56
Health76
Safety47
Connectivity24.5
Environment51
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
71.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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: Public · health · education · 26.1%Diversified · HHI 1888
Agriculture 2.6%Industry 19.4%Construction 4.5%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.1%Public · health · education 26.1%
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)
€10,587M2024
8.1% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Population
452,5592025
1.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Employment
193,9902023
0.7% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Gross value added
€9,207M2024
7.9% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
All indicators · 74 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,207M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€238M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,788M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,439M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — construction (F)
€415M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,933M
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
28,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 33
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,500
2024 · EU pctl 25
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)
€883M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — information & communication (J)
€252M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,758M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,399M
2023 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Employment, total persons
193,990
2023 · EU pctl 72
Self-employed persons
30,910
2023 · EU pctl 71
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,770
2023 · EU pctl 70
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)
55,856
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise births
8,501
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise deaths
6,680
2023 · EU pctl 92
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 64
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)
2,071,190
2025 · EU pctl 70
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,988 kt
2025 · EU pctl 43
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,554
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
343
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
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)
273,433
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged 65+
128,343
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged under 15
50,783
2025 · EU pctl 66
Median age of population
50.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 85
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.9%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of total population change
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
16.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Live births
3,085
2024 · EU pctl 71
Deaths
5,784
2024 · EU pctl 80
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
105 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 43
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
45.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
138 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
508 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
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)
55 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 78
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 20
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.9%
2021 · EU pctl 20
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