NUTS-3 ITC17 · Italy
Population
207,2032025
GDP
€6,292M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,515.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITC17 · ITC34
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: La Spezia (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Asti (45). Contrarian pick: Asti — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 65).
#2Asti
Strengths
Industrial base (65) · Cost advantage (51)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 23 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick La Spezia
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 20) — Asti may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → La Spezia · Manufacturing → Asti · Office → La Spezia · Residential → La Spezia.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
44.8
51.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.8
43.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.7
44.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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30.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.7
38.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
18.0
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
35.6
54.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.9% 5y
2.7% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.8% 5y
13.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€30,364
€38,830
Population density
137 /km²
245 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,652M
€7,497M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€189M
€33M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,286M
€1,322M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,165M
€1,063M
GVA — construction (F)
€408M
€409M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,114M
€1,636M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,400
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,400 PPS
40,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,300
€38,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€44,851M
€12,797M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€10,323M
€1,274M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,911M
€21,326M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€872M
€1,165M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€62M
€76M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,655M
€1,996M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,000M
€2,102M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,765M
€7,448M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,631
€88,230
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,802M
€1,855M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
83,400
96,200
Self-employed persons
24,200
21,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,300
11,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
72.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.3%
20.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.0%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
95,500
98,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,775
16,831
Enterprise births
1,066
1,244
Enterprise deaths
931
985
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.6%
3.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.2%
23.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.3%
28.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.0%
11.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.0%
17.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.0%
4.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
581,651
2,914,934
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
723 /1k
563 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,061 kt
4,213 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
241
107
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
116
50
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
36 km/1000km²
70 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
71
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
126,921
132,005
Population aged 65+
57,390
60,190
Population aged under 15
22,892
22,724
Median age of population
51.2 yrs
51.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.2%
45.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.2 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
5.7 /1k
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
13.5 /1k
Live births
1,213
1,224
Deaths
2,695
2,893
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.3%
62.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.19
Population density (persons per km²)
138 /km²
245 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
155,760
195,041
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
19.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
17.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
353 /100k
345 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
892 /100k
867 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
218 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.3 /100k
23.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
659 /100k
1,141 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
41 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
208 m
233 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
5 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
22 days/yr