NUTS-3 ITF22 · Italy
Population
209,0592025
GDP
€5,717M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
62.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,914.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITF22 · ITI34
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ascoli Piceno (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Campobasso (35). Contrarian pick: Campobasso — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 68).
Strengths
Cost advantage (64) · Industrial base (64)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 23 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Cost advantage (68) · Energy cost (46)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Ascoli Piceno
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 23 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 13) — Campobasso may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ascoli Piceno 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
34.9
43.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.5
42.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
28.8
43.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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34.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
19.0
26.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
18.3
24.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.6
50.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.6% 5y
13.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,347
€32,857
Population density
72 /km²
164 /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)
€5,136M
€5,918M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€317M
€122M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€850M
€1,308M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€721M
€1,200M
GVA — construction (F)
€370M
€447M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,033M
€1,324M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,300
€21,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,200 PPS
34,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,200
€32,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,059M
€11,341M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€145M
€1,925M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€2,725M
€19,218M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€687M
€770M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€129M
€103M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,246M
€1,613M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,321M
€1,104M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,131M
€5,975M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,976
€75,413
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,518M
€1,537M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
80,000
89,900
Self-employed persons
23,300
23,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,900
15,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
61.8%
71.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
39.8%
21.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.2%
5.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
83,600
92,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,041
17,751
Enterprise births
1,168
1,202
Enterprise deaths
824
989
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
0.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
2.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
22.1%
24.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
27.6%
32.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.2%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
17.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.5%
5.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.1%
94.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
383,117
1,920,407
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
767 /1k
718 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,063 kt
2,505 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
7
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
4
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
8 km/1000km²
20 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
96
73
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
130,834
123,687
Population aged 65+
56,457
54,981
Population aged under 15
21,768
21,829
Median age of population
50.6 yrs
50.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.2%
44.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.4 /1k
-2.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
12.2 /1k
Live births
1,139
1,131
Deaths
2,782
2,453
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
62.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
1.11
Population density (persons per km²)
72 /km²
164 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
146,228
145,745
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.8%
13.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
84.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.5%
12.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
305 /100k
284 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
973 /100k
865 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
197 /100k
199 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.7 /100k
14.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
789 /100k
626 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
49 /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)
582 m
335 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
29 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
37 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
12 days/yr