NUTS-3 ITG15 · Italy
Population
245,4212025
GDP
€5,072M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
12.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
51.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,135.1 km²
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Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cuenca (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Caltanissetta (33).
#1Cuenca
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (71) · Growth momentum (52)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Cuenca
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Labour market (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 7) — Caltanissetta may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Cuenca 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
33.1
43.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.8
47.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
28.7
39.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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16.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
12.7
19.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
7.0
45.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
51.8
68.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.2% 5y
4.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€20,665
€29,320
Population density
115 /km²
12 /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)
€4,556M
€5,347M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€282M
€704M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€434M
€1,226M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€241M
€541M
GVA — construction (F)
€426M
€322M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€879M
€1,257M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,800
€15,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,200 PPS
33,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,400
€29,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,161M
€9,963M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,214M
€1,892M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,753M
€23,774M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€686M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€51M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,200M
€818M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,335M
€1,020M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,759M
€5,219M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€69,449
€74,451
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,162M
€1,260M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,300
85,000
Self-employed persons
18,800
17,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,500
10,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
54.1%
74.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
33.8%
27.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
12.1%
12.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
87,300
97,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,701
13,584
Enterprise births
1,166
955
Enterprise deaths
788
909
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
3.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.6%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.9%
33.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
24.0%
47.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
14.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.8%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.9%
5.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
90.9%
96.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
275,528
964,798
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
733 /1k
599 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
992 kt
16,629 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
59
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
28 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
30
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
96
136
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
156,417
129,115
Population aged 65+
58,686
47,166
Population aged under 15
30,318
23,578
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
47.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.5%
36.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.9 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.2 /1k
9.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
11.7 /1k
Live births
1,640
1,322
Deaths
2,797
2,335
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.9%
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
1.22
Population density (persons per km²)
116 /km²
12 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
164,385
112,700
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
44.0%
34.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
83.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
38.4%
25.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
288 /100k
236 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,031 /100k
837 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
206 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.8 /100k
30.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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337 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
533 /100k
152 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
50 /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)
413 m
1,045 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
53 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr