NUTS-3 PT1C3 · Portugal
Alto Alentejo
Export region data (CSV)Alto Alentejo generates €2.2bn of GDP across 103.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (47.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
28.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.4
Livability28.6
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability49
Labour stability87
Diversification96
Demographic stability20
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density20
Airport access6
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary30
Lifelong learning80
Knowledge workers26
Scientists & engineers41
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)
28.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy25
Jobs47.5
Education18.5
Health36
Safety32.3
Connectivity12
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
59.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.1 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 · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 1817
Agriculture 12.5%Industry 16%Construction 3.3%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 18%Public · health · education 27.8%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,912M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€238M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — industry (B–E)
€307M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€238M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€64M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€328M
2023 · EU pctl 7
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,800
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 24
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,200
2024 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,228M
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€913M
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€4,721M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€184M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€343M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€532M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,140
2023 · EU pctl 15
Self-employed persons
10,020
2023 · EU pctl 35
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,040
2023 · EU pctl 11
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
25.0%
2024 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,182
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise births
1,367
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise deaths
1,130
2023 · EU pctl 53
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 63
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.0%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
26.2%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
87.9%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
565,806
2024 · EU pctl 35
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
15
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
15
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
131
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
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)
60,742
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged 65+
30,781
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged under 15
12,043
2025 · EU pctl 11
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 90
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.7%
2025 · EU pctl 95
Crude rate of total population change
-5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
18.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Live births
631
2024 · EU pctl 11
Deaths
1,897
2024 · EU pctl 30
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.5%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
17 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
223 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
231 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2019 · EU pctl 65
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
136 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
621 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
137 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
214 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
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