NUTS-3 PT195 · Portugal
Beira Baixa
Beira Baixa generates €2.1bn of GDP across 100.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/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 (10.5th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost90
Resilience84
Cost advantage78
Talent & skills70
Labour market64
Growth momentum58
Quality of life42
Industrial base33
Economic base25
Connectivity12
Freight intensity10
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)
31.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57.6
Livability42.3
Market access19
Economic scale8
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)
83.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability76
Labour stability99
Diversification97
Demographic stability62
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)
12.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density16
Airport access2
Market access19
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
42.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy23.5
Jobs52
Education56
Health76
Safety35.7
Connectivity10.5
Environment—
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
57.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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: Public · health · education · 25.1%Diversified · HHI 1774
Agriculture 6.5%Industry 22.2%Construction 5.2%Trade · transport · ICT 17.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.8%Public · health · education 25.1%
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)
€2,127M2024
7.7% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Population
100,7332025
0.7% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
40,0202023
0.7% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Gross value added
€1,850M2024
7.5% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
All indicators · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,850M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€119M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — industry (B–E)
€411M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€247M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€96M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€321M
2023 · EU pctl 6
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)
25,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 25
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,200
2024 · EU pctl 21
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)
€188M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — information & communication (J)
€32M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€310M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€464M
2023 · EU pctl 9
Labour market
Employment, total persons
40,020
2023 · EU pctl 10
Self-employed persons
7,800
2023 · EU pctl 27
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,260
2023 · EU pctl 12
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)
10,272
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise births
1,352
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise deaths
1,171
2023 · EU pctl 54
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
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)
353,716
2025 · EU pctl 23
Mobility
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,125 kt
2025 · EU pctl 5
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
177
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
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)
56,998
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged 65+
33,379
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged under 15
10,356
2025 · EU pctl 9
Median age of population
53.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 97
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
58.6%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
20.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
17.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Live births
656
2024 · EU pctl 12
Deaths
1,774
2024 · EU pctl 28
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.7%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
19 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
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
1.0 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
165 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
513 /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)
344 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Environment
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.3%
2021 · EU pctl 9
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