NUTS-3 ITF34 · Italy
Population
395,0722025
GDP
€9,120M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
13.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
50.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,793.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITF34 · ES432
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Cáceres (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Avellino (40). Contrarian pick: Avellino — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 45).
#1Cáceres
Strengths
Energy cost (95) · Cost advantage (77)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Avellino
Strengths
Cost advantage (73) · Energy cost (46)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Cáceres
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Connectivity (EU pctl 6) — Avellino may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Cáceres 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
40.3
45.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.3
39.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
27.8
46.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
27.0
76.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
30.3
5.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
11.3
51.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
40.4
67.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
4.0% 5y
Population
0.8% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.9% 5y
6.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€23,085
€26,445
Population density
141 /km²
20 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,193M
€9,368M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€278M
€827M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,531M
€2,413M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,325M
€486M
GVA — construction (F)
€676M
€700M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,634M
€1,453M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,200
€15,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,800 PPS
29,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,900
€26,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€28,842M
€4,835M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,238M
€488M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€50,450M
€11,520M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€938M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€154M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,948M
€1,502M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,126M
€2,473M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,446M
€9,131M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€63,552
€74,267
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,008M
€2,235M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
147,000
148,000
Self-employed persons
41,800
29,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,400
9,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
54.4%
72.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
40.1%
37.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
13.9%
14.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
143,000
181,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
27,634
25,647
Enterprise births
2,203
1,983
Enterprise deaths
1,579
1,972
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.4%
2.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
18.7%
34.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
27.1%
49.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
8.6%
14.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.8%
20.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
3.8%
6.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
90.9%
96.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
334,699
2,427,859
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
667 /1k
631 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,891 kt
7,993 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
113
10
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
37 km/1000km²
17 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
29
3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
233
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)
254,167
246,262
Population aged 65+
96,509
98,462
Population aged under 15
44,396
43,466
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
49.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
40.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.8 /1k
-1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
12.0 /1k
Live births
2,427
2,173
Deaths
4,674
4,646
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.4%
57.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.10
1.09
Population density (persons per km²)
142 /km²
20 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
254,984
214,658
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
41.2%
30.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.0 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
35.6%
26.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
257 /100k
343 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,058 /100k
925 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
238 /100k
213 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.0 /100k
19.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
180 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
474 /100k
116 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
47 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
686 m
376 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
82 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
7 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
5 days/yr