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Península de Setúbal

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Península de Setúbal generates €15bn of GDP across 848.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (56th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (18th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67.2
Livability41.1
Market access33
Economic scale75
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)
69.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability46
Labour stability89
Diversification49
Demographic stability94
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)
56.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density62
Airport access75
Market access33
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)
65.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary50
Lifelong learning81
Knowledge workers61
Scientists & engineers71
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)
56
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.8 µg/m³
PM1018.5 µg/m³
NO212.1 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)
41.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy18
Jobs37
Education34.5
Health47
Safety42.7
Connectivity52.5
Environment56
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
67.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.3 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. · 27.3%Diversified · HHI 2256
Agriculture 1.7%Industry 16.3%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 24.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.3%Public · health · education 24.4%
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)
€13,323M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€224M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,167M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,798M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — construction (F)
€734M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,307M
2024 · EU pctl 78
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,100
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 13
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,200
2024 · EU pctl 17
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,015M
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€579M
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€6,470M
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,206M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — information & communication (J)
€195M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,636M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,255M
2024 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
284,440
2024 · EU pctl 84
Self-employed persons
47,690
2023 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,460
2023 · EU pctl 72
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
98,277
2023 · EU pctl 95
Enterprise births
20,339
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise deaths
12,780
2023 · EU pctl 97
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 68
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.9%
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.0%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
17.0%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.1%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.1%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.8%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,514,156
2024 · EU pctl 74
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,484
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
529
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
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)
533,511
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged 65+
194,140
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
120,856
2025 · EU pctl 91
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
16.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
8,191
2024 · EU pctl 94
Deaths
9,117
2024 · EU pctl 93
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
2024 · EU pctl 94
Population density (persons per km²)
558 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 84
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.9%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
178 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
233 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
830 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
28 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
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 75
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 48
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 85
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