NUTS-3 ITF62 · Italy
Population
161,8982025
GDP
€3,347M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
50.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,728 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITF62 · EE004
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lääne-Eesti (Opportunity 33). Runner-up: Crotone (24). Contrarian pick: Crotone — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Cost advantage (75) · Energy cost (73)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
#2Crotone
Strengths
Demographic outlook (96) · Cost advantage (72)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Lääne-Eesti
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 9) — Crotone may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Lääne-Eesti 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
24.4
33.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.8
38.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
28.0
53.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.7
41.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
13.0
69.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.4
55.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
18.3% 5y
0.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€20,675
€18,739
Population density
94 /km²
13 /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)
€3,007M
€2,434M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€284M
€130M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€323M
€535M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€146M
€427M
GVA — construction (F)
€249M
€231M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€649M
€458M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,400
€15,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,400 PPS
20,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,600
€18,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,676M
€9,522M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€460M
€822M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,341M
€20,179M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€410M
€365M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€21M
€34M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€671M
€563M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€832M
€517M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,037M
€2,030M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€64,471
€47,845
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€755M
€703M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
53,500
60,950
Self-employed persons
16,200
8,310
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,400
12,060
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
51.7%
81.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.1%
20.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.8%
7.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
55,300
78,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,432
15,387
Enterprise births
943
1,998
Enterprise deaths
489
3,846
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
4.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.3%
7.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.5%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.6%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
25.7%
44.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
23.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.1%
25.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.7%
9.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
88.0%
95.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
736,137
1,380,385
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
750 /1k
635 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
275
3,497
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
494 kt
3,503 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
170
2,359
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
5 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
99
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)
102,825
90,905
Population aged 65+
37,084
34,930
Population aged under 15
21,989
22,420
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
38.4%
Crude rate of total population change
0.0 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
1.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
13.2 /1k
Live births
1,227
981
Deaths
1,717
1,965
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
63.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.26
Population density (persons per km²)
94 /km²
13 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
169,421
95,578
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
45.3%
21.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
79.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
32.8%
19.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
256 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
968 /100k
1,322 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
204 /100k
238 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.3 /100k
2.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
432 /100k
401 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
1.36
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
1.54
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
1.52
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
1.60
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.87
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.119/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
118 m
14 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
119 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
2 days/yr