Location Macro Signals
Geospatial macro-intelligence for market research and investment strategy
Overview
AlphaGeo's Location Macro Signals is a curated, geospatial macro-intelligence dashboard for global investors, corporates, and strategists evaluating international markets and investment opportunities. By consolidating, harmonizing, and downscaling critical indicators across macroeconomic, fiscal, socioeconomic, geopolitical, and environmental domains, the platform delivers a comprehensive, local view of macro conditions — enabling faster, smarter, and more confident decision-making.
The challenge
Evaluating markets in today’s complex environment requires a multidimensional view of a location’s macroeconomic stability, fiscal health, demographic profile, institutional quality, geopolitical risk, environmental resilience, and more.
Yet, this process is often inefficient and hindered by:
Fragmented and siloed data: Key indicators are scattered across disparate sources and data formats, making it time-consuming and costly to build a comprehensive picture.
Geographic inconsistencies: Coverage varies across global locations, especially at subnational levels, limiting accurate benchmarking and localized analysis.
Our solution
Location Macro Signals solve these challenges through a unified database of more than 60 curated, macro-indicators across 13 key themes — all integrated into a single, intuitive dashboard. Our clients receive:
On-demand access to harmonized macro and inter-disciplinary data from curated global sources across countries and regions.
Proprietary enhancements such as geospatial downscaling to granular resolution and predictive analytics powered by machine learning.
Use cases
Location Macro Signals equips users with the intelligence needed to spot trends, identify opportunities, assess risks, and optimize strategy across global markets. Key applications include:
Market research Analyze data to identify emerging trends and predict market dynamics.
Advisory and consulting Accelerate project delivery and decision support with access to on-demand, cross-market indicators for comparative analysis.
Policy analysis Benchmark performance across key metrics to inform strategic planning and public policy.
Thematic data coverage
Demographic Trend
Data on population growth, density, and composition to reveal shifting demand and long-term market potential.
Ecosystem Sustainability
Indicators on emissions, physical climate risks, pollution, environmental performance and food security to highlight ecosystem risks, resilience and constraints.
Energy Reliability
Data on energy access, reliability, power generation and renewables production for insight into a location's operational and industrial capacity.
Fiscal Stability
Indicators such as government debt, current account balance, and public spending to reveal resilience to financial shocks.
Human Capital
Data on educational attainment, labor force participation, and academic quality to help assess talent pools and the viability of high-skilled industries.
Infrastructure Quality
Metrics on transport connectivity, infrastructure quality, and investment to assess market readiness for industrial operations, logistics and supply chain development.
Innovation Capacity
Metrics on R&D output, AI readiness, economic complexity, and ICT infrastructure to identify emerging innovation hubs and assess long-term competitiveness.
Institutional Quality
Indices on governance effectiveness, accountability and reputation to reveal a market's regulatory transparency and degree of investor protections.
Macroeconomic Outlook
Foundational metrics on GDP growth, inflation and currency volatility, sovereign credit risk, trade and FDI to support core macro-level investment risk and return analysis.
Market Potential
Indicators such as credit penetration, housing price trends, and tax-friendly city rankings to provide insight on consumer demand, asset appreciation potential, and investment attractiveness.
Migration Patterns
Insights on net migration, HNW inflows, and openness to talent to forecast labor market shifts, innovation diffusion, and real estate demand in leading cities and nations.
Social Wellbeing
Metrics such as healthcare access, retirement affordability, and crime rates to proxy overall location livability, attractiveness and social cohesion.
Societal Wealth
Data on income levels, inequality, poverty, and household debt to assess financial inclusion and consumption capacity within a market.
Appendix: Location Macro Signals data catalog
Demographic Trend
Total National Population
Estimate of total resident population, providing harmonized and current demographic figures suitable for international comparison.
Country
Annual
Number of people
Demographic Trend
Population Density
Population density calculated using official population and land area data to ensure comparability across countries.
4 Sq KM
Annual
Number of people
Demographic Trend
Population Growth
Annual percentage change in national population incorporating natural population gain/loss and net migration.
Country
Annual
%
Demographic Trend
Dependent Population
Proportion of each country’s population aged 65 and older, reflecting aging demographics and dependency ratio.
Country
Annual
%
Ecosystem Sustainability
Per Capita Emissions
CO₂ emissions per capita.
Country
Annual
Tonnes
Ecosystem Sustainability
Environmental Performance Index
Country-level performance on the Environmental Performance Index, based on 58 performance indicators on climate change performance, environmental healthy, and ecosystem vitality.
Country
Annual
Index score
Ecosystem Sustainability
Air Pollution
Annual average PM2.5 concentration.
1 Sq KM
Annual
micrograms per cubic meter
Ecosystem Sustainability
Food Security Index
Country-level performance on the Food Security Index which measures food affordability, availability, quality, safety, sustainability and adaptation across 68 indicators.
Country
Annual
Index score
Energy Reliability
Renewable Energy Generation
Total primary energy generated from renewable sources including solar, wind and hydropower.
Country
Annual
Terrawatt-hours
Energy Reliability
Renewables Share of Generation
Share of electricity generated by renewables including solar, wind, hydropower, bioenergy, geothermal, wave and tidal sources.
Country
Annual
%
Energy Reliability
Electricity Access (% of Population)
Share of population with access to electricity.
Country
Annual
%
Energy Reliability
Total Power Capacity
Total power plant capacity in a 50km radius.
50 Sq KM
Annual
Megawatt-hours
Energy Reliability
Energy Trilemma Index
Country-level performance on the Energy Trilema Index, which quantifies performance across three dimensions: energy security, energy equity and environmental sustainability.
Country
Annual
Index score
Fiscal Stability
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)
Balance of current transactions (counting goods and services, earned income and transfer income) between residents and non-residents.
Country
Annual
%
Fiscal Stability
General Gross Government Debt (% of GDP)
Ratio of gross public debt to GDP.
Country
Annual
%
Fiscal Stability
Government Expenditure (% of GDP)
General government spending as a percentage of GDP.
Country
Annual
%
Human Capital
Employment-Population Ratio
Share of employed persons as a percent of the total of working-age population.
Country
Annual
%
Human Capital
Age Dependency Ratio
Ratio of dependents (people younger than 15 or older than 64) to the working-age population (those aged 15-64). Data is shown as the proportion of dependents per 100 working-age residents.
Country
Annual
%
Human Capital
Working Age Population
Share of population aged 15-64.
Country
Annual
%
Human Capital
Unemployment Rate
The number of unemployed persons as a share of the total workforce.
Country
Annual
%
Human Capital
Educational Attainment
Share of population (aged 25 and above) with at least a Bachelor's or equivalent.
Country
Annual
%
Infrastructure Quaility
Airport Passenger Volume
Number of air passengers carried by airlines registered in each country, including domestic and international travel.
Country
Annual
Number of passengers
Infrastructure Quaility
Infrastructure Quality
Country-level performance on the Logistics Performance Index, which scores six dimensions of trade including customs performance, infrastructure quality, and timeliness of shipments.
Country
Annual
Index score
Infrastructure Quaility
Fixed Capital Formation Ratio (FCFR)
Gross fixed capital formation as a share of GDP, reflecting national investment in infrastructure and productive assets.
Country
Annual
%
Innovation Capacity
Economic Complexity Index (ECI)
Country-level performance on the Economic Complexity Index, which measures the relative knowledge intensity of an economy, based on trade data.
Country
Annual
Index score
Innovation Capacity
AI Preparedness Index
Country-level performance on the AI Preparedness Index (AIPI), which assesses a country’s digital infrastructure, human capital and labor market policies, innovation and economic integration, and regulation and ethics.
Country
Annual
Index score
Innovation Capacity
Global Innovation Index
Country-level performance on the Global Innovation Index, which quantifies over 80 indicators including policy environment, education, infrastructure, and knowledge creation.
Country
Annual
Index score
Innovation Capacity
ICT Development Index
Country-level performance on the ICT Development Index, which assesses the level of information and communication technology (ICT) development across countries.
Country
Annual
Index score
Innovation Capacity
Number of Data Centers
Total number of data centers in a 50km radius; includes data center that have been permitted and under construction.
50 sq KM
Annual
Number
Institutional Quality
Government Effectiveness
Worldwide Governance Indicator for Governance Effectiveness, which captures perceptions on the quality of public and civil services.
Country
Annual
Index score
Institutional Quality
Global Soft Power Index
Country-level performance on Global Soft Power Index ranking countries by influence, familiarity and reputation without military or economic coercion.
Country
Annual
Index score
Institutional Quality
Legal and Regulatory Risk
Equally-weighted combination of World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators for Rule of Law and Regulatory Quality.
Country
Annual
Index score
Institutional Quality
Political Stability and the Absence of Violence / Terrorism
Worldwide Governance Indicator for Political Stability and the Absence of Violence / Terrorism, which measures perceptions of the likelihood that the government will be destabilized or overthrown.
Country
Annual
Index score
Macroeconomic Outlook
PPP-Adjusted GDP
Gross domestic product (GDP) expressed in current international dollars, converted by purchasing power parities (PPPs).
Country
Annual
Current international dollars
Macroeconomic Outlook
Nominal GDP Growth Rate
Annual percentage change in nominal GDP.
Country
Annual
%
Macroeconomic Outlook
GDP Per Capita Growth Rate
Annual percentage change in GDP per capita.
Country
Annual
%
Macroeconomic Outlook
Sovereign Credit Rating
Aggregated sovereign credit rating calculated from key ratings agencies such as Moody’s, S&P and Fitch.
Country
Monthly
Index score
Macroeconomic Outlook
Foreign Direct Investment (FDI)
Net foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows in current terms.
Country
Annual
USD
Macroeconomic Outlook
Currency Volatility
5-year standard deviation of percentage change in annual bilateral exchange rates relative to the USD (nominal).
Country
Annual
%
Macroeconomic Outlook
Inflation Volatility
5-year standard deviation of the annual percentage change in inflation (consumer prices).
Country
Annual
%
Macroeconomic Outlook
Inflation Rate Risk
Absolute deviation of the annual change in Consumer Price Index (%) from a 2% target rate.
Country
Annual
%
Macroeconomic Outlook
Total Inflation Risk (Rate and Volatility)
Equally-weighted combination of inflation volatility (5-year standard deviation of annual percentage change in inflation) and inflation rate risk (absolute deviation of annual change in inflation from a 2% target rate).
Country
Annual
Index score
Macroeconomic Outlook
Trade (% of GDP)
Total trade as a percentage of GDP, reflecting economic openness and trade dependency.
Country
Annual
% of GDP
Market Potential
Corporate Tax Rate
National corporate tax rate.
Country
Annual
%
Market Potential
Residential Property Price Growth
Year-on-year change in real residential property prices.
Country
Annual
%
Market Potential
Domestic Credit to Private Sector (% of GDP)
Loans to the private sector by domestic financial institutions.
Country
Annual
%
Migration Patterns
Net Migration
Estimate of each country’s net total international migrants, calculated as the difference between immigrants and emigrants, including citizens and noncitizens.
Country
Annual
Number of people
Migration Patterns
Migration Openness Ranking
Ranking of all countries and territories by number of visa-free destinations for their nationals.
Country
Annual
Number of countries
Migration Patterns
HNW Migration
Net millionaire migration into the country.
Country
Annual
Number of people
Migration Patterns
Digital Nomad Attractiveness
Top 500 cities for digital nomads based on attractiveness to remote workers according to cost, Wi-Fi speed, safety, weather, community and user reviews.
City
Annual
Rank
Social Wellbeing
Life Expectancy
Total life expectancy at birth.
Country
Annual
Years
Social Wellbeing
Healthcare Spending (% of GDP)
Annual health expenditure as a percentage of GDP.
Country
Annual
%
Social Wellbeing
Life Satisfaction
Average national life satisfaction score (0–10) from the World Happiness Report.
Country
Annual
Index score
Social Wellbeing
Violent Crime
Nationally reported statistics on violent offences per 100,000 residents.
Country
Annual
Incidents per 100,000 residents
Social Wellbeing
Inequality-adjusted Human Development Index (IHDI)
Measures a country's achievements in health, education and income, while accounting for inequalities in their distribution across the population.
Country
Annual
Index score
Societal Wealth
High-Quality Affordable Retirement
Top 96 destinations across 24 countries for retirement attractiveness, based on costs, amenities, health care, language, crime and climate risk.
City
Annual
Y/N
Societal Wealth
Gross National Income (GNI) Per Capita
Gross national income per capita measured in current USD.
Country
Annual
USD
Societal Wealth
Median Post-Tax Income
Estimated median household disposable income after taxes and transfers, adjusted for inflation and PPP.
Country
Annual
International dollars
Societal Wealth
Poverty Rate (% of population)
Share of population living below poverty rates, as measured according to national poverty lines.
Country
Annual
%
Societal Wealth
Income Inequality
Income inequality measured by the national Gini coefficient.
Country
Annual
Gini coefficent
Societal Wealth
Household Debt (% of GDP)
Household debt (loans and securities) as a percentage of GDP.
Country
Annual
%
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