NUTS-3 PT200 · Portugal
Região Autónoma dos Açores
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard23 → 24 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost90
Air quality80
Cost advantage75
Growth momentum71
Connectivity43
Digital readiness40
Resilience37
Governance37
Quality of life36
Economic base34
Labour market33
Demographic outlook27
Talent & skills22
Industrial base5
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€5,753M2024
7.1% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,918M2025
1.9% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Population
241,7182025
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Unemployment rate
4.9%2025
12.5% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Employment
121,4602024
1.0% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Productivity / employee
€49,0742025
3.5% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Gross value added
€5,003M2024
6.9% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
All indicators · 82 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,918M
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€49,074
2025 · EU pctl 18
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,161M
2025 · EU pctl 31
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
126,600
2025 · EU pctl 51
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
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2024 · EU pctl 5 · 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)
3,132,684
2025 · EU pctl 78
Mobility
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
0 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
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
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
152,550
2100 · EU pctl 35
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
626 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.02
2022 · EU pctl 32
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.81
2022 · EU pctl 32
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.13
2022 · EU pctl 46
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.79
2022 · EU pctl 37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.89
2022 · EU pctl 91
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.107/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 10
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.045/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 11
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
17.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
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