NUTS-3 PT1D1 · Portugal
Oeste
Export region data (CSV)Oeste generates €8.0bn of GDP across 395.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (73.3th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (17th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
48.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth71.8
Livability40.1
Market access31
Economic scale51
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)
85.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability49
Labour stability95
Diversification97
Demographic stability100
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)
33.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density26
Airport access43
Market access31
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary48
Lifelong learning77
Knowledge workers30
Scientists & engineers65
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)
72.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.4 µg/m³
PM1015.3 µg/m³
NO25.2 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)
40.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy21.5
Jobs43.5
Education22
Health65
Safety38.3
Connectivity17
Environment73.3
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
71.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+2.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 1798
Agriculture 6.9%Industry 18.5%Construction 5.3%Trade · transport · ICT 27.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.9%Public · health · education 15.7%
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)
€7,000M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€486M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,297M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,111M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — construction (F)
€369M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,895M
2023 · EU pctl 61
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,400
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 22
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,500
2024 · EU pctl 20
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,139M
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€831M
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€7,446M
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€800M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — information & communication (J)
€90M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,396M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,101M
2023 · EU pctl 36
Labour market
Employment, total persons
162,230
2023 · EU pctl 66
Self-employed persons
31,640
2023 · EU pctl 72
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,590
2023 · EU pctl 67
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
47,883
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise births
7,698
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise deaths
5,488
2023 · EU pctl 90
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 66
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)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.0%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.2%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
90.6%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,205,413
2024 · EU pctl 72
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
153
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
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)
249,046
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged 65+
95,714
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged under 15
50,714
2025 · EU pctl 66
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 57
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.4%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of total population change
18.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
21.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
3,026
2024 · EU pctl 70
Deaths
4,318
2024 · EU pctl 68
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
178 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 61
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
159 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
217 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
136 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
549 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
86 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
39 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 57
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 9
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
70
2024 · EU pctl 94
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