NUTS-3 ITF11 · Italy
Population
286,7062025
GDP
€9,117M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
67.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,021.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITF11 · ITI13
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pistoia (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: L’Aquila (49). Contrarian pick: L’Aquila — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 66).
#1Pistoia
Strengths
Demographic outlook (80) · Connectivity (72)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2L’Aquila
Strengths
Cost advantage (66) · Economic base (49)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Pistoia
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 7) — L’Aquila may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Pistoia 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
49.0
50.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
45.8
55.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
46.0
53.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
39.3
72.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
26.0
23.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.8
44.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.3% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.3% 5y
11.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,798
€31,415
Population density
57 /km²
302 /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)
€8,190M
€8,182M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€338M
€649M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,334M
€1,587M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,120M
€1,465M
GVA — construction (F)
€850M
€532M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,471M
€1,657M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,700
€23,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
32,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,700
€31,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,710M
€29,682M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,609M
€5,009M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,889M
€51,756M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€948M
€1,272M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€116M
€105M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,044M
€2,322M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,152M
€1,436M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,346M
€8,319M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,005
€79,730
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,508M
€1,968M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
116,100
116,100
Self-employed persons
28,200
34,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,500
20,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
67.0%
73.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
26.5%
15.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
4.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
122,800
137,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,007
25,095
Enterprise births
1,676
1,689
Enterprise deaths
1,238
1,394
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.6%
23.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.5%
30.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
11.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.5%
17.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
4.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
96.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,627,977
2,464,071
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
728 /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.
89
2,955
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,478 kt
2,659 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
31
1,019
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
34 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
57
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
177,664
179,970
Population aged 65+
77,260
77,356
Population aged under 15
31,782
32,599
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
50.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.5%
43.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
0.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
5.4 /1k
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
12.0 /1k
Live births
1,690
1,578
Deaths
3,385
3,468
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
61.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
1.08
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
303 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
212,145
277,001
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.7%
18.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.0%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
332 /100k
285 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
893 /100k
848 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
206 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.2 /100k
27.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
593 /100k
861 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /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)
2,184 m
321 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
26 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
197 days/yr
14 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
19 days/yr