NUTS-3 ITC11 · Italy
Population
2,204,2762025
GDP
€85,962M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
6,818.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITC11 · FRL03
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Torino (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Alpes-Maritimes (61). Contrarian pick: Alpes-Maritimes — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 88).
#1Torino
Strengths
Economic base (74) · Connectivity (66)
Red flags
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Energy cost (88) · Economic base (79)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Torino
Air quality (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 7) — Alpes-Maritimes may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Torino · Manufacturing → Torino · Office → Alpes-Maritimes · Residential → Alpes-Maritimes.
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
61.6
60.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
37.5
54.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.7
49.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
7.0
26.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
66.3
62.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
18.0
75.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.6
52.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.8% 5y
1.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,998
€45,261
Population density
323 /km²
266 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
691
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
370
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€77,224M
€46,321M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€453M
€27M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€18,023M
€3,793M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€15,984M
€3,037M
GVA — construction (F)
€4,334M
€2,480M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€17,450M
€12,364M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€24,400
€25,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,500 PPS
42,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,000
€46,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€44,851M
€49,335M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€10,323M
€3,075M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€61,911M
€105,791M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€10,161M
€10,119M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,951M
€3,587M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€23,695M
€16,612M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€13,270M
€11,045M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€78,762M
€46,311M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,167
€101,714
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€24,617M
€11,928M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,013,400
519,500
Self-employed persons
230,000
84,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
173,000
27,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
73.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.3%
22.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.0%
7.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,031,400
501,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
181,259
137,086
Enterprise births
14,384
19,375
Enterprise deaths
10,839
15,176
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.6%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.2%
42.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
29.3%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.0%
13.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.0%
29.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.0%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
8,215,089
13,984,430
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
723 /1k
593 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
32,208 kt
9,272 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6,225
6,269
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
36 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
282
547
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
12
29
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,370,206
683,327
Population aged 65+
586,866
294,039
Population aged under 15
247,204
168,144
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
46.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.8%
43.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
9.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.9 /1k
10.8 /1k
Live births
12,788
9,920
Deaths
26,331
12,313
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.9%
67.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
325 /km²
266 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,844,613
1,054,902
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
20.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.0%
16.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
353 /100k
625 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
892 /100k
851 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
228 /100k
202 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
80.1 /100k
104 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
380 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,230 /100k
2,233 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
40 /M
56 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
326 m
877 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
12 days/yr