NUTS-3 PT1D2 · Portugal
Médio Tejo
Export region data (CSV)Médio Tejo generates €4.6bn of GDP across 218.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 37.1/100 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 3.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (65th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (14th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
37.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.6
Livability32.7
Market access25
Economic scale27
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)
84.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability62
Labour stability95
Diversification96
Demographic stability86
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)
18.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density20
Airport access11
Market access25
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
32.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy22.5
Jobs43.5
Education22
Health65
Safety29
Connectivity14
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
63.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
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 · 23.5%Diversified · HHI 1821
Agriculture 3.7%Industry 19.6%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 23.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.7%Public · health · education 23%
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)
€4,002M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€150M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€785M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€607M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — construction (F)
€200M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€940M
2023 · EU pctl 34
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)
25,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 24
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,200
2024 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,139M
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)
€405M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — information & communication (J)
€75M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€710M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€921M
2023 · EU pctl 29
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,130
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
11,830
2023 · EU pctl 41
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,590
2023 · EU pctl 40
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)
23,357
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise births
3,253
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise deaths
2,570
2023 · EU pctl 75
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
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)
1,650,488
2024 · EU pctl 65
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
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.
108
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
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)
131,006
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged 65+
62,731
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged under 15
24,730
2025 · EU pctl 37
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.9%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Crude rate of total population change
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
16.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Live births
1,542
2024 · EU pctl 43
Deaths
3,101
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.8%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
81 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 33
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
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
174 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
600 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
86 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
27 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
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