NUTS-3 ITG16 · Italy
Population
152,5442025
GDP
€2,982M2023
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
2,562.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITG16 · SI043
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Goriška (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Enna (29). Contrarian pick: Enna — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 71).
#2Enna
Strengths
Cost advantage (71) · Energy cost (46)
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 Goriška
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 32) — Enna may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Goriška 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
28.5
43.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
34.3
44.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
34.2
50.9
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.7
51.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
7.0
81.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.8
63.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.6% 5y
0.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€19,549
€28,034
Population density
60 /km²
51 /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)
€2,679M
€2,931M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€194M
€77M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€219M
€963M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€143M
€808M
GVA — construction (F)
€211M
€228M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€465M
€545M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,800
€17,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,100 PPS
31,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,300
€28,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,161M
€7,464M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,214M
€1,358M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,753M
€20,182M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€428M
€234M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€22M
€75M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€681M
€510M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€910M
€608M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,798M
€2,671M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€67,737
€60,567
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€683M
€678M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
44,800
57,400
Self-employed persons
13,300
13,640
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,000
14,250
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
54.1%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
33.8%
10.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
12.1%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
53,500
55,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,551
11,286
Enterprise births
619
1,046
Enterprise deaths
459
763
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.6%
7.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
2.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.9%
39.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
24.0%
45.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
25.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.8%
29.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.9%
10.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
90.9%
94.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
186,763
1,491,187
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
733 /1k
582 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
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Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,727 kt
4,124 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
28 km/1000km²
38 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
43
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
95,831
71,726
Population aged 65+
39,382
29,549
Population aged under 15
17,331
16,821
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
47.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.1%
41.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.6 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.1 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
938
965
Deaths
1,783
1,303
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
64.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
1.76
Population density (persons per km²)
60 /km²
51 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
93,096
96,972
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
44.0%
13.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
38.4%
12.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
288 /100k
464 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,031 /100k
931 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
287 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.5 /100k
5.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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245 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
383 /100k
798 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
31 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
1.26
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.74
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.92
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.75
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.77
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.132/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
283 m
643 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
34 days/yr