NUTS-3 ITH43 · Italy
Population
138,4272025
GDP
€4,740M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
398.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITH43 · ITI42
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rieti (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Gorizia (40). Contrarian pick: Gorizia — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 86).
#1Rieti
Strengths
Digital readiness (68) · Cost advantage (60)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2Gorizia
Strengths
Demographic outlook (86) · Industrial base (79)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 21 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Rieti
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 7) — Gorizia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Rieti 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
39.5
43.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
52.3
46.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
45.3
53.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
44.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
47.3
57.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
29.5
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
44.8
48.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.1% 5y
2.2% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.3% 5y
3.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,241
€25,464
Population density
347 /km²
54 /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)
€4,258M
€3,426M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€61M
€164M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,188M
€354M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,087M
€274M
GVA — construction (F)
€282M
€294M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€794M
€662M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,800
€22,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,600 PPS
26,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,300
€25,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,531M
€50,148M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,200M
€4,606M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€18,713M
€95,178M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€511M
€558M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€33M
€42M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€985M
€934M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€948M
€1,017M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,305M
€3,466M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,833
€74,113
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,125M
€805M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,600
52,600
Self-employed persons
11,100
14,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,500
3,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.8%
68.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.9%
21.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
5.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
64,300
65,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,317
9,584
Enterprise births
663
778
Enterprise deaths
478
565
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
4.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.7%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.9%
7.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.6%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.1%
28.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.2%
37.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.7%
10.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.1%
23.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.1%
6.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.3%
96.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,088,921
198,989
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
695 /1k
701 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,987 kt
1,426 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
1,731
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
1,156
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
35 km/1000km²
29 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
85,483
93,218
Population aged 65+
37,591
41,200
Population aged under 15
15,353
15,348
Median age of population
51.4 yrs
51.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.0%
44.2%
Crude rate of total population change
0.8 /1k
-1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
13.2 /1k
Live births
823
821
Deaths
1,674
1,974
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.9%
60.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.11
Population density (persons per km²)
362 /km²
55 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
151,547
95,221
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
11.6%
20.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
83.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.1%
17.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
312 /100k
350 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
899 /100k
907 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
226 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.4 /100k
8.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
696 /100k
578 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
61 /M
56 /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)
116 m
572 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
31 days/yr
25 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
53 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
25 days/yr
18 days/yr