NUTS-3 PT193 · Portugal
Região de Leiria
Export region data (CSV)Região de Leiria generates €7.7bn of GDP across 301.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.6%/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 (8.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth76.2
Livability48.1
Market access26
Economic scale49
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)
87.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability62
Labour stability99
Diversification93
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)
16
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access10
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)
62.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.6 µg/m³
PM1019.1 µg/m³
NO22.6 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)
48.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32
Jobs52
Education56
Health76
Safety48.3
Connectivity8.5
Environment63.7
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
76.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.2%
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 · 26.6%Diversified · HHI 1909
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 26.6%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 22.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.8%Public · health · education 14.9%
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)
€6,657M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€151M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,768M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,577M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — construction (F)
€511M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,528M
2023 · EU pctl 53
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)
31,100 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)
€612M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — information & communication (J)
€85M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,318M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€991M
2023 · EU pctl 32
Labour market
Employment, total persons
143,540
2023 · EU pctl 60
Self-employed persons
20,200
2023 · EU pctl 57
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,540
2023 · EU pctl 73
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)
40,148
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise births
5,707
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise deaths
4,222
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
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)
848,593
2024 · EU pctl 48
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
18
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
113
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
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)
187,237
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged 65+
77,848
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged under 15
36,679
2025 · EU pctl 52
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 69
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.6%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Crude rate of total population change
15.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
19.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
2,213
2024 · EU pctl 58
Deaths
3,449
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.2%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
123 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 48
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
161 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
545 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
80 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
64 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
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 77
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
3
2024 · EU pctl 2
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 84
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