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Grande Lisboa

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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).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
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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