NUTS-3 ITF13 · Italy
Population
311,8762025
GDP
€9,401M2023
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
1,227.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITF13 · ITF51
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pescara (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Potenza (43). Contrarian pick: Potenza — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 70).
#1Pescara
Strengths
Demographic outlook (70) · Cost advantage (66)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Long-run slide: down 23 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2Potenza
Strengths
Cost advantage (70) · Energy cost (46)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Pescara
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain; Long-run slide: down 23 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 7) — Potenza may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Pescara 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
43.9
43.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.5
34.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
35.0
41.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
42.7
19.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
26.0
18.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.6
40.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.3% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.5% 5y
9.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€30,142
€29,818
Population density
254 /km²
52 /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)
€8,445M
€9,132M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€154M
€392M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,340M
€2,622M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,162M
€1,371M
GVA — construction (F)
€589M
€725M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,915M
€1,572M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€19,700
€17,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,200 PPS
30,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,100
€29,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,710M
€4,517M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,609M
€601M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,889M
€5,333M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,174M
€736M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€191M
€131M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,431M
€1,765M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,017M
€2,054M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,606M
€8,871M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,056
€77,164
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,586M
€3,143M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
127,500
133,500
Self-employed persons
34,800
35,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,500
19,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
67.0%
60.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
26.5%
20.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
5.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
135,500
135,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
27,508
24,172
Enterprise births
2,145
1,753
Enterprise deaths
1,581
1,354
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
2.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.6%
20.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.5%
31.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.5%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.5%
17.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
4.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
90.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,555,862
744,095
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
728 /1k
738 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3
25
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,171 kt
4,928 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
7
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
34 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
105
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
196,177
215,122
Population aged 65+
78,779
89,739
Population aged under 15
36,920
36,048
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
50.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.2%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
-6.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
12.1 /1k
Live births
1,821
1,912
Deaths
3,620
4,152
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
58.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
1.07
Population density (persons per km²)
254 /km²
52 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
258,723
205,359
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.7%
25.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.8 yrs
83.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
20.0%
21.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
332 /100k
315 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
893 /100k
906 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
206 /100k
197 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.3 /100k
6.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,305 /100k
318 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M
60 /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)
202 m
1,148 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
6 days/yr