NUTS-3 PT1C4 · Portugal
Alentejo Central
Export region data (CSV)Alentejo Central generates €3.6bn of GDP across 153.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (82.7th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (10.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
35.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.8
Livability36.1
Market access21
Economic scale20
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability48
Labour stability87
Diversification96
Demographic stability45
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)
17
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density17
Airport access13
Market access21
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
82.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.2 µg/m³
PM1014.4 µg/m³
NO21 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)
36.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy28.5
Jobs47.5
Education18.5
Health36
Safety28.7
Connectivity10.5
Environment82.7
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
63.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.0%
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 · 28%Diversified · HHI 1829
Agriculture 9.3%Industry 15.7%Construction 3.6%Trade · transport · ICT 19%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.3%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)
€3,091M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€288M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — industry (B–E)
€487M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€415M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — construction (F)
€111M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€586M
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
28,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 31
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,200
2024 · EU pctl 24
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)
€284M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — information & communication (J)
€28M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€567M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€866M
2023 · EU pctl 26
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,730
2023 · EU pctl 32
Self-employed persons
14,110
2023 · EU pctl 47
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,060
2023 · EU pctl 29
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)
17,147
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise births
2,306
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise deaths
1,959
2023 · EU pctl 68
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
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)
1,158,128
2024 · EU pctl 56
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
10
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
105
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
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)
93,147
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged 65+
41,592
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged under 15
18,691
2025 · EU pctl 26
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 79
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
15.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Live births
1,136
2024 · EU pctl 29
Deaths
2,340
2024 · EU pctl 39
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.7%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
21 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 4
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
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
39.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
576 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
137 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
271 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
78 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 47
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
1
2024 · EU pctl 0
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 12
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