NUTS-3 ITF21 · Italy
Population
78,7552025
GDP
€2,157M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
62.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,531.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
ITF21 · HR034
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Isernia (Opportunity 31). Runner-up: Šibensko-kninska županija (27). Contrarian pick: Šibensko-kninska županija — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 90).
#1Isernia
Strengths
Demographic outlook (68) · Cost advantage (68)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (90) · Growth momentum (74)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Isernia
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 4) — Šibensko-kninska županija may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Šibensko-kninska županija · Manufacturing → Šibensko-kninska županija · Office → Šibensko-kninska županija · Residential → Isernia.
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
31.2
26.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.5
25.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
29.5
23.9
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
23.0
34.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
18.3
36.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.4
74.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.1% 5y
5.0% 5y
Population
1.1% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.6% 5y
5.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€27,393
€17,170
Population density
51 /km²
32 /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)
€1,938M
€1,365M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€104M
€15M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€276M
€188M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€218M
€140M
GVA — construction (F)
€177M
€106M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€320M
€342M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€18,300
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,100 PPS
24,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,100
€17,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,059M
€7,641M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€145M
€658M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€2,725M
€13,216M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€252M
€238M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€20M
€26M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€518M
€371M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€541M
€344M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,936M
€1,308M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,897
€44,911
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€573M
€504M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
29,400
39,100
Self-employed persons
8,300
6,820
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,200
4,610
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
61.8%
72.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
39.8%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.1%
5.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
30,900
41,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,377
5,731
Enterprise births
497
736
Enterprise deaths
377
366
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
22.1%
31.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
27.6%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.2%
6.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
23.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.5%
6.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.1%
87.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
91,647
5,170,037
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
767 /1k
549 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,872 kt
1,643 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
261
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
8 km/1000km²
27 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
272
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
43
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)
48,424
56,431
Population aged 65+
22,104
27,411
Population aged under 15
8,227
12,056
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
49.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.6%
48.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.1 /1k
3.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
10.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
14.2 /1k
15.0 /1k
Live births
422
767
Deaths
1,118
1,437
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
69.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.04
1.58
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
33 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
62,928
59,063
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
22.8%
20.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
79.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.5%
19.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
305 /100k
531 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
973 /100k
1,391 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
197 /100k
295 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.4 /100k
13.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
116 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
396 /100k
255 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
75 /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
0.30
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.43
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.11
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.73
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.126/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
652 m
232 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
44 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
27 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
14 days/yr