NUTS-3 ITF12 · Italy
Population
300,0492025
GDP
€9,236M2023
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
1,956.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITF12 · ITH51
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Piacenza (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Teramo (46). Contrarian pick: Teramo — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 66).
#1Piacenza
Strengths
Freight intensity (94) · Demographic outlook (83)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2Teramo
Strengths
Demographic outlook (75) · Industrial base (69)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 17 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Piacenza
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 20) — Teramo may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Piacenza 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
46.4
58.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.0
49.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
35.3
52.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.7
36.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
26.0
34.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
55.4
45.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.3% 5y
2.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.2% 5y
6.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€30,781
€40,042
Population density
153 /km²
111 /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)
€8,297M
€10,304M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€200M
€289M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,990M
€2,698M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,821M
€2,392M
GVA — construction (F)
€856M
€534M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,539M
€2,528M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,700
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,000 PPS
41,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,900
€40,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,710M
€45,497M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,609M
€12,104M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,889M
€74,553M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,136M
€1,244M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€107M
€174M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,161M
€2,619M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,550M
€1,634M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,455M
€10,375M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,506
€85,934
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,541M
€2,727M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
131,400
137,500
Self-employed persons
32,300
30,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,000
25,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
67.0%
74.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
26.5%
17.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.6%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
131,000
137,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,566
22,627
Enterprise births
1,777
1,575
Enterprise deaths
1,343
1,294
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
3.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.6%
25.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.5%
36.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
13.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.5%
19.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
5.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
96.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,881,588
638,027
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
728 /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.
14
12
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,884 kt
16,810 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
4
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
34 km/1000km²
31 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
189,610
179,280
Population aged 65+
75,900
72,950
Population aged under 15
34,539
34,222
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
49.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
40.7%
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
3.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.1 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
12.0 /1k
Live births
1,744
1,909
Deaths
3,392
3,437
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.2%
59.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
1.28
Population density (persons per km²)
153 /km²
112 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
255,555
307,446
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.7%
8.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
84.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.0%
6.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
332 /100k
369 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
893 /100k
860 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
206 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.0 /100k
32.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
887 /100k
1,238 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /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)
286 m
474 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
17 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
41 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
14 days/yr