NUTS-3 ITC34 · Italy
Population
214,9192025
GDP
€8,345M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
877.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITC34 · ITH33
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: La Spezia (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Belluno (47). Contrarian pick: Belluno — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 87).
Strengths
Economic base (74) · Demographic outlook (72)
Red flags
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
#2Belluno
Strengths
Industrial base (87) · Economic base (75)
Red flags
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick La Spezia
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 11) — Belluno may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → La Spezia · Manufacturing → Belluno · Office → La Spezia · Residential → La Spezia.
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
51.7
47.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.3
36.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.9
50.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
30.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
38.0
29.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.0
27.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.8
39.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
3.4% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
13.8% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,830
€39,637
Population density
245 /km²
55 /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)
€7,497M
€7,040M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€33M
€111M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,322M
€2,215M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,063M
€2,092M
GVA — construction (F)
€409M
€411M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,636M
€1,615M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
€23,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,300 PPS
41,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,800
€39,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,797M
€45,490M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,274M
€10,941M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,326M
€75,959M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,165M
€724M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€76M
€44M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,996M
€1,500M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,102M
€1,188M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,448M
€7,059M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€88,230
€84,687
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,855M
€1,836M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
96,200
94,900
Self-employed persons
21,900
19,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,400
26,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.2%
71.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.6%
13.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
98,700
89,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,831
13,965
Enterprise births
1,244
811
Enterprise deaths
985
755
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.1%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.5%
21.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
28.0%
33.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.4%
13.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.5%
17.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.3%
5.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.1%
94.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,914,934
4,334,691
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
563 /1k
680 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,213 kt
5,752 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
107
5
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
50
3
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
70 km/1000km²
40 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
71
71
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)
132,005
120,804
Population aged 65+
60,190
56,435
Population aged under 15
22,724
20,469
Median age of population
51.9 yrs
52.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.6%
46.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
-0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.7 /1k
5.4 /1k
Crude death rate
13.5 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,224
1,069
Deaths
2,893
2,562
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
63.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
245 /km²
54 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
195,041
160,506
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.7%
14.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
84.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.1%
12.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
345 /100k
307 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
867 /100k
825 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
218 /100k
200 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.3 /100k
10.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,141 /100k
368 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
55 /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)
€0.166/kWh
€0.166/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.054/kWh
€0.054/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
233 m
869 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
119 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
22 days/yr
20 days/yr