NUTS-3 ITG18 · Italy
Population
321,3002025
GDP
€7,095M2023
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
1,618.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITG18 · RO121
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alba (Opportunity 39). Runner-up: Ragusa (39). Contrarian pick: Ragusa — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 86).
#1Alba
Strengths
Cost advantage (95) · Industrial base (81)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
#2Ragusa
Strengths
Demographic outlook (86) · Cost advantage (71)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (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 Alba
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 2) — Ragusa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Alba · Manufacturing → Alba · Office → Alba · Residential → Ragusa.
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
38.9
39.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.5
42.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
30.8
28.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
19.0
32.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
7.0
24.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.8
77.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.9% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.9% 5y
10.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,083
€16,831
Population density
199 /km²
52 /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)
€6,374M
€4,961M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€595M
€256M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€611M
€1,503M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€479M
€1,309M
GVA — construction (F)
€518M
€324M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,534M
€957M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,800
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,100 PPS
27,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,300
€16,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,161M
€10,071M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,214M
€1,159M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,753M
€14,134M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€933M
€590M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€101M
€40M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,568M
€955M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,548M
€966M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,658M
€3,887M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€60,063
€43,034
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,626M
€1,601M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
120,200
141,610
Self-employed persons
30,400
28,420
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,300
40,990
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
54.1%
66.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
33.8%
24.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
12.2%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
115,900
136,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
21,511
18,404
Enterprise births
1,676
2,204
Enterprise deaths
1,195
1,357
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
6.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.6%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.9%
19.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
24.0%
20.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
7.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.8%
18.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.9%
8.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
90.9%
97.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,417,268
453,216
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
733 /1k
433 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,673 kt
9,445 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5
111
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
28 km/1000km²
6 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
34
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
49
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)
207,704
207,576
Population aged 65+
70,072
71,514
Population aged under 15
43,524
46,170
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
45.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.7%
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
2,441
2,312
Deaths
3,078
4,138
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.7%
56.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
198 /km²
52 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
340,333
194,902
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
44.0%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
77.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
38.4%
19.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
288 /100k
749 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,031 /100k
1,780 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.1 /100k
10.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
107 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
855 /100k
149 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
72 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
560 m
222 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
36 days/yr
20 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
82 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr