NUTS-3 PT1A0 · Portugal
Grande Lisboa
Export region data (CSV)Grande Lisboa generates €91bn of GDP across 2.2m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 70.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (77th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (34.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
70.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth81.2
Livability59.1
Market access43
Economic scale98
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability38
Labour stability92
Diversification6
Demographic stability93
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density60
Airport access93
Market access43
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)
87.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary80
Lifelong learning86
Knowledge workers89
Scientists & engineers96
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)
33.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.9 µg/m³
PM1018.8 µg/m³
NO219.1 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)
59.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy61.5
Jobs52
Education77
Health74
Safety59.7
Connectivity55
Environment34.7
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
81.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.7 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 36.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2883
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 6.8%Construction 3.4%Trade · transport · ICT 33%Finance · real estate · prof. 36.4%Public · health · education 20.2%
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)
€78,862M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€119M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,394M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,229M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — construction (F)
€2,658M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€26,045M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€18,600
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,300
2024 · EU pctl 69
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€17,975M
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,159M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€41,675M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,268M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,746M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€28,718M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€15,927M
2024 · EU pctl 98
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,353,540
2024 · EU pctl 99
Self-employed persons
147,780
2023 · EU pctl 99
Employment in manufacturing (C)
63,570
2023 · EU pctl 92
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.1%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
356,570
2023 · EU pctl 100
Enterprise births
66,343
2023 · EU pctl 100
Enterprise deaths
41,742
2023 · EU pctl 100
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 66
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.2%
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
8.5%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.3%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
49.0%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
20.1%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.5%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.0%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.4%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
19,894,191
2024 · EU pctl 98
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
10,989
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
510
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
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)
1,373,075
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged 65+
473,716
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged under 15
309,821
2025 · EU pctl 99
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of total population change
14.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
21,645
2024 · EU pctl 99
Deaths
20,716
2024 · EU pctl 99
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.1%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.65
2024 · EU pctl 92
Population density (persons per km²)
1,620 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 94
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.0%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
431 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
227 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
187 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
895 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
28 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
369 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
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 76
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 84
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 78
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