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NUTS-3 ITG2D · Italy

Sassari

Population

471,9572025

GDP

€12,830M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

9.3%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

62.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

7,716.5 km²

NUTS-3 ITG2F · Italy

Cagliari

Population

417,5322025

GDP

€14,422M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

9.3%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

62.3%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

1,253.3 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Sassari (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Cagliari (43). Contrarian pick: Cagliari — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 60).

#1Sassari

Strengths

Cost advantage (67) · Growth momentum (53)

Red flags

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)

#2Cagliari

Strengths

Cost advantage (67) · Economic base (60)

Red flags

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)

Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Sassari

Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 4) — Cagliari may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Sassari 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

43.0

42.9

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

31.3

29.3

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

41.5

38.5

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

42.3

51.7

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

19.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

53.4

50.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

4.4% 5y

4.1% 5y

Population

0.5% 5y

0.3% 5y

Unemployment rate

8.2% 5y

8.3% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€27,185

€34,541

Population density

61 /km²

333 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 84 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€11,526M

€12,956M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€400M

€79M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€755M

€1,460M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€474M

€1,078M

GVA — construction (F)

€1,011M

€836M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€2,952M

€3,283M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€18,900

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

28,100 PPS

35,700 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€27,100

€34,400

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€10,118M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€512M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€16,391M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€1,664M

€1,449M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€134M

€483M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€3,215M

€3,452M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€3,191M

€3,846M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€12,009M

€13,498M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€67,610

€72,013

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€3,154M

€3,545M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

195,200

206,000

Self-employed persons

49,300

42,300

Employment in manufacturing (C)

10,500

9,500

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

64.4%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

24.6%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

9.3%

9.2%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

202,000

179,900

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

37,401

33,875

Enterprise births

3,056

2,825

Enterprise deaths

2,066

2,037

3-year enterprise survival rate

4.3%

4.5%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

0.8%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

1.7%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

0.6%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

18.4%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

23.8%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

12.7%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

16.3%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

4.2%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

94.3%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

10,974,679

2,725,520

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

719 /1k

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

2,720

1,765

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

6,905 kt

5,306 kt

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

576

423

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

301,107

268,163

Population aged 65+

123,090

108,884

Population aged under 15

47,760

40,485

Median age of population

50.9 yrs

51.2 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

40.9%

40.6%

Crude rate of total population change

-3.2 /1k

-3.4 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

3.3 /1k

2.5 /1k

Crude birth rate

4.8 /1k

4.3 /1k

Crude death rate

11.4 /1k

10.3 /1k

Live births

2,255

1,819

Deaths

5,368

4,289

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

56.7%

55.7%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

0.94

0.84

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

29.7%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.2 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

26.1%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

293 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

857 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

224 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.6 /100k

0.7 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

23.6 /100k

37.8 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

888 /100k

1,212 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

72 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.72

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.60

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.57

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.57

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.41

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.159/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.048/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

419 m

393 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

48 days/yr

51 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

6 days/yr

1 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

3 days/yr

4 days/yr