NUTS-3 ITF52 · Italy
Population
189,0952025
GDP
€4,671M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
61.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,449.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITF52 · NL114
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Oost-Groningen (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Matera (37). Contrarian pick: Matera — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 70).
#2Matera
Strengths
Cost advantage (70) · Growth momentum (53)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Oost-Groningen
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 38) — Matera may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Oost-Groningen 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
36.6
50.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
45.8
52.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
38.8
59.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
27.7
67.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
18.3
91.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.6
46.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.9% 5y
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Population
0.6% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.2% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€24,701
€34,888
Population density
55 /km²
181 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,196M
€4,358M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€396M
€216M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€676M
€962M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€440M
€635M
GVA — construction (F)
€323M
€297M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€941M
€685M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,300
€24,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,400 PPS
30,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,500
€35,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,517M
€6,193M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€601M
€504M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€5,333M
€14,058M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€400M
€353M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€51M
€73M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€922M
€820M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€939M
€1,324M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,076M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€63,623
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,444M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,400
59,000
Self-employed persons
20,500
11,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,700
5,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
60.7%
83.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.3%
9.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.3%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
75,500
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,507
11,850
Enterprise births
998
946
Enterprise deaths
707
594
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
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Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.4%
4.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
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Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
20.4%
45.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
31.0%
60.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.6%
26.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.7%
31.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.1%
11.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
90.3%
99.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,083,051
565,236
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
738 /1k
507 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,009 kt
5,235 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
332
672
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
7 km/1000km²
46 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
176
483
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
81
31
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
119,797
84,125
Population aged 65+
47,960
36,050
Population aged under 15
21,338
19,016
Median age of population
48.8 yrs
48.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
42.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.7 /1k
9.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.1 /1k
14.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
13.3 /1k
Live births
1,147
1,062
Deaths
2,061
1,837
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.8%
65.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
55 /km²
186 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
137,516
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.1%
22.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.5 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
21.9%
18.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
315 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
906 /100k
1,078 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
197 /100k
264 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
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Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.2 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
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Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
40 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.142/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
100 m
7 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
39 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr