NUTS-3 ITF21 · Italy
Population
78,7552025
GDP
€2,157M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
62.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,531.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITF21 · ES417
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Soria (Opportunity 38). Runner-up: Isernia (31). Contrarian pick: Isernia — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 68).
#1Soria
Strengths
Freight intensity (97) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
#2Isernia
Strengths
Demographic outlook (68) · Cost advantage (68)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Soria
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 13) — Isernia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Soria leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
31.2
37.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.5
43.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
29.5
54.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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58.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
23.0
15.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
18.3
60.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.4
52.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.1% 5y
2.5% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.6% 5y
1.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,393
€31,330
Population density
51 /km²
9 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,938M
€2,578M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€104M
€94M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€276M
€700M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€218M
€519M
GVA — construction (F)
€177M
€175M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€320M
€567M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,300
€18,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,100 PPS
35,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,100
€31,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,059M
€13,527M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€145M
€2,707M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€2,725M
€32,274M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€252M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€20M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€518M
€435M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€541M
€606M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,936M
€2,594M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,897
€69,565
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€573M
€620M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
29,400
43,700
Self-employed persons
8,300
7,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,200
8,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
61.8%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
39.8%
24.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.1%
8.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
30,900
43,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,377
5,755
Enterprise births
497
389
Enterprise deaths
377
346
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
22.1%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
27.6%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.2%
15.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.5%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.1%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
91,647
882,604
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
767 /1k
601 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,872 kt
6,449 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
4
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
8 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
4
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
140
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
48,424
56,232
Population aged 65+
22,104
23,482
Population aged under 15
8,227
10,469
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
49.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.6%
41.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.1 /1k
1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude death rate
14.2 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
422
480
Deaths
1,118
1,148
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
60.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.04
1.05
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
9 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
62,928
57,615
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.8%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
84.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.5%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
305 /100k
343 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
973 /100k
749 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
197 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.4 /100k
20.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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352 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
396 /100k
138 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
652 m
967 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
42 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
2 days/yr