This document questions the connection between infrastructure investment and GDP per capita across NUTS 2 regions in the European Union. Applying the fixed-effects regression model to the data extracted on Eurostat for a period of years, the research uncovers the fact that an increase in land used is associated with higher GDP per capita. This verification is subject to variations across regions and furthermore deepened through the elaboration of subtopics such as the impact of higher education on economic well-being and urban-rural per capita GDP comparison. The results obtained using Stata software suggest that investment in land used may contribute to economic performance in Southern and Northern Europe, and in regions defined as rural.