NUTS-3 PT196 · Portugal
Beiras e Serra da Estrela
Export region data (CSV)Beiras e Serra da Estrela generates €4.0bn of GDP across 210.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 39.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. 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 clean environment (93th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (14th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
39.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.2
Livability51.2
Market access18
Economic scale23
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)
73.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability64
Labour stability99
Diversification94
Demographic stability36
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)
15.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access5
Market access18
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)
92.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1011.1 µg/m³
NO22.8 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)
51.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy18.5
Jobs52
Education56
Health76
Safety49
Connectivity14
Environment93
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
65.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 28%Diversified · HHI 1902
Agriculture 4.3%Industry 17.9%Construction 4.1%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.6%Public · health · education 28%
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)
€3,443M
2024 · EU pctl 22
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€147M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — industry (B–E)
€618M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€449M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — construction (F)
€141M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€701M
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
22,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 15
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,800
2024 · EU pctl 18
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)
€353M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — information & communication (J)
€87M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€642M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€963M
2023 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
86,460
2023 · EU pctl 39
Self-employed persons
18,780
2023 · EU pctl 55
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,850
2023 · EU pctl 35
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)
21,506
2023 · EU pctl 62
Enterprise births
2,583
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise deaths
2,293
2023 · EU pctl 72
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
1,042,478
2024 · EU pctl 54
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).
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
142
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
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)
119,569
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
70,850
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged under 15
20,238
2025 · EU pctl 29
Median age of population
53.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
59.3%
2025 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of total population change
3.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude birth rate
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude death rate
16.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
1,199
2024 · EU pctl 33
Deaths
3,450
2024 · EU pctl 58
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
76.2%
2025 · EU pctl 97
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.26
2024 · EU pctl 28
Population density (persons per km²)
33 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 10
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
85.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
390 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
80 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
992 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 12
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).
59
2024 · EU pctl 76
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