NUTS-3 PT200 · Portugal
Região Autónoma dos Açores
Export region data (CSV)Região Autónoma dos Açores generates €5.8bn of GDP across 241.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (80.3th EU percentile) and weakest for education (4.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
36
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth71.4
Livability35.6
Market access1
Economic scale36
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability45
Labour stability12
Diversification24
Demographic stability68
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)
43
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access85
Market access1
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)
21.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary7
Lifelong learning54
Knowledge workers7
Scientists & engineers19
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)
79.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.2 µg/m³
PM1014.5 µg/m³
NO24.6 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)
35.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy29.5
Jobs37.5
Education4.5
Health19
Safety38.7
Connectivity40
Environment80.3
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
71.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.0 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 · 33.7%Diversified · HHI 2446
Agriculture 6.1%Industry 7.9%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 29.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.1%Public · health · education 33.7%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,003M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€306M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — industry (B–E)
€396M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€222M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€243M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,469M
2024 · EU pctl 51
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,400
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 34
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,800
2024 · EU pctl 25
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,013M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€72M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€2,526M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€487M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — information & communication (J)
€62M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€905M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,684M
2024 · EU pctl 54
Labour market
Employment, total persons
121,460
2024 · EU pctl 51
Self-employed persons
23,070
2023 · EU pctl 62
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,990
2023 · EU pctl 18
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.8%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,512
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise births
3,869
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise deaths
2,922
2023 · EU pctl 76
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 66
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2008 · EU pctl 6
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
3 /M pop
2008 · EU pctl 7
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
26.6%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.1%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.6%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,061,819
2024 · EU pctl 78
Mobility
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
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)
164,684
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged 65+
43,254
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged under 15
33,780
2025 · EU pctl 49
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 22
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.3%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of total population change
2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Live births
1,871
2024 · EU pctl 50
Deaths
2,454
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
46.8%
2025 · EU pctl 3
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
2024 · EU pctl 23
Population density (persons per km²)
105 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 43
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
21.6%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
79.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
676 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,204 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
276 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
52.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
361 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
753 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
697 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
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 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.
5
2024 · EU pctl 7
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 85
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