NUTS-3 PT300 · Portugal
Região Autónoma da Madeira
Região Autónoma da Madeira generates €7.5bn of GDP across 259.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +8.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (67th EU percentile) and weakest for education (10th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable24 → 31 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 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
Growth momentum84
Cost advantage74
Economic base59
Air quality56
Connectivity53
Quality of life42
Labour market40
Talent & skills37
Governance37
Resilience28
Digital readiness23
Demographic outlook12
Industrial base1
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)
43.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth84
Livability42.4
Market access2
Economic scale47
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability11
Labour stability9
Diversification9
Demographic stability83
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)
53.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density74
Airport access84
Market access2
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary40
Lifelong learning68
Knowledge workers18
Scientists & engineers23
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)
56.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.4 µg/m³
PM1016.8 µg/m³
NO214.3 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)
42.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs38
Education10
Health34
Safety67
Connectivity48.5
Environment57
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
84
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.2 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 · 38.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2726
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 5.7%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 38.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.1%Public · health · education 26.9%
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)
€7,486M2024
7.5% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,182M2025
1.9% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Population
259,4402025
1.1% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Unemployment rate
5.4%2025
5.3% 1y 6.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Employment
130,3902024
0.6% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Productivity / employee
€59,4792025
3.5% 1y 10.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Gross value added
€6,588M2024
7.3% 1y 8.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,588M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€98M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — industry (B–E)
€375M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€156M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — construction (F)
€418M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,539M
2024 · EU pctl 71
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,700
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 59
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,000
2024 · EU pctl 35
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,204M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€38M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€2,870M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€636M
2024 · EU pctl 39
GVA — information & communication (J)
€267M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,387M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,771M
2024 · EU pctl 56
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,182M
2025 · EU pctl 47
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€59,479
2025 · EU pctl 24
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,380M
2025 · EU pctl 38
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,390
2024 · EU pctl 55
Self-employed persons
24,060
2023 · EU pctl 63
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,950
2023 · EU pctl 11
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.0%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
138,300
2025 · EU pctl 55
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,403
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise births
5,067
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise deaths
3,352
2023 · EU pctl 79
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 76
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)
0.5%
2024 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
24.5%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
37.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.6%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.4%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.4%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,952,837
2025 · EU pctl 94
Mobility
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,689
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
651
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
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)
173,133
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
55,337
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged under 15
30,970
2025 · EU pctl 46
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 60
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21
Crude rate of total population change
16.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Live births
1,793
2024 · EU pctl 48
Deaths
2,574
2024 · EU pctl 43
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
2024 · EU pctl 27
Population density (persons per km²)
323 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 76
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
151,245
2100 · EU pctl 35
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
813 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,201 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
235 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
58.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
110 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
362 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · 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)
1,358 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 65
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 62
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
71
2024 · EU pctl 96
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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