NUTS-3 ITH52 · Italy
Population
455,7132025
GDP
€21,484M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,449.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITH52 · ITH53
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Parma (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Reggio nell’Emilia (62). Contrarian pick: Reggio nell’Emilia — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Industrial base (93) · Economic base (84)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Parma
Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 20) — Reggio nell’Emilia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Reggio nell’Emilia · Manufacturing → Reggio nell’Emilia · Office → Parma · Residential → Parma.
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
62.6
62.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
46.8
42.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
48.7
50.9
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
31.3
39.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.3
34.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.6
47.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
2.7% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.0% 5y
2.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,144
€43,824
Population density
132 /km²
231 /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)
€19,300M
€20,895M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€462M
€495M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,353M
€7,397M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,967M
€7,141M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,080M
€1,099M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,800M
€3,434M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,200 PPS
45,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,400
€44,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€45,497M
€45,497M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€12,104M
€12,104M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€74,553M
€74,553M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,172M
€2,624M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€496M
€344M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,078M
€5,992M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,524M
€2,481M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,433M
€21,039M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€93,741
€92,946
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,107M
€5,529M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
236,100
257,800
Self-employed persons
49,100
55,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,200
74,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.5%
74.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.4%
17.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
223,400
261,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
37,211
42,308
Enterprise births
2,580
3,145
Enterprise deaths
2,197
2,419
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
3.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.3%
25.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.2%
36.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.1%
13.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.2%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.3%
5.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.2%
96.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,715,574
915,901
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
691 /1k
691 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
24
7
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,149 kt
20,949 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
31 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
96
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
291,850
342,208
Population aged 65+
107,557
121,646
Population aged under 15
56,306
66,886
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
47.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
35.5%
Crude rate of total population change
3.4 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.8 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
10.2 /1k
Live births
3,068
3,514
Deaths
5,030
5,425
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
133 /km²
232 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
510,603
479,235
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
8.2%
8.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.3 yrs
84.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
6.7%
6.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
369 /100k
369 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
860 /100k
860 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
212 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.6 /100k
35.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,701 /100k
1,254 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
61 /M
61 /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)
139 m
198 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
43 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
39 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
11 days/yr