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Médio Tejo

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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).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
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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