NUTS-3 ITG19 · Italy
Population
383,2772025
GDP
€9,078M2023
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
2,120.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITG19 · ITI15
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Prato (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Siracusa (39). Contrarian pick: Siracusa — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 71).
#1Prato
Strengths
Demographic outlook (90) · Industrial base (78)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 29 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2Siracusa
Strengths
Cost advantage (71) · Growth momentum (53)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Prato
Long-run slide: down 29 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 19) — Siracusa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Prato 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
38.7
50.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
33.5
41.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
27.7
44.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.3
63.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
7.0
23.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.2
46.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.1% 5y
2.7% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
13.5% 5y
9.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€23,685
€35,900
Population density
181 /km²
712 /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)
€8,155M
€8,374M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€705M
€44M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,246M
€2,324M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€899M
€2,119M
GVA — construction (F)
€600M
€435M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,538M
€1,772M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,800
€23,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,500 PPS
37,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,600
€35,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€24,161M
€29,682M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,214M
€5,009M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€40,753M
€51,756M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,092M
€1,446M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€64M
€145M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,824M
€2,562M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,242M
€1,236M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,518M
€8,514M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,617
€71,126
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,080M
€2,014M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
123,800
133,200
Self-employed persons
28,500
31,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,100
47,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
54.1%
73.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
33.8%
15.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
12.2%
4.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
136,500
129,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
21,947
28,730
Enterprise births
1,993
2,073
Enterprise deaths
1,204
1,624
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.6%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
16.9%
23.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
24.0%
30.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.2%
11.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.8%
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.9%
4.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
90.9%
96.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,116,989
606,930
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
733 /1k
744 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
969
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,357 kt
4,021 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
373
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
28 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
16
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)
244,581
168,985
Population aged 65+
90,814
60,145
Population aged under 15
47,882
30,527
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
48.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.1%
35.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.5 /1k
-1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
10.0 /1k
Live births
2,458
1,389
Deaths
4,431
2,610
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.7%
53.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.02
Population density (persons per km²)
183 /km²
712 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
285,288
282,653
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
44.0%
18.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
38.4%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
288 /100k
285 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,031 /100k
848 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.1 /100k
125 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,186 /100k
1,602 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
51 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
334 m
225 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
40 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
25 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
15 days/yr