NUTS-3 ITH51 · Italy
Population
286,4522025
GDP
€11,470M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,585.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITH51 · ES412
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Piacenza (Opportunity 58). Runner-up: Burgos (49). Contrarian pick: Burgos — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 97).
#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)
#2Burgos
Strengths
Freight intensity (97) · Energy cost (95)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
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) — Burgos may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Piacenza · Manufacturing → Burgos · Office → Piacenza · Residential → Piacenza.
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
58.3
48.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.5
47.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.3
53.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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74.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
36.7
16.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.3
60.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.0
48.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
1.5% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.7% 5y
5.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,042
€31,169
Population density
111 /km²
25 /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)
€10,304M
€10,315M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€289M
€341M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,698M
€3,090M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,392M
€2,600M
GVA — construction (F)
€534M
€603M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,528M
€2,084M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
€18,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,800 PPS
35,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
€31,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€45,497M
€13,527M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€12,104M
€2,707M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€74,553M
€32,274M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,244M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€174M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,619M
€2,045M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,634M
€2,153M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,375M
€10,376M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€85,934
€74,928
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,727M
€2,482M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
137,500
162,300
Self-employed persons
30,400
27,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,700
31,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.5%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.4%
24.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
8.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
137,200
175,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,627
22,997
Enterprise births
1,575
1,653
Enterprise deaths
1,294
1,534
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
3.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.3%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.2%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.1%
15.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.2%
22.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.3%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.2%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
638,027
2,093,608
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
691 /1k
601 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,810 kt
26,257 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
12
21
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
128
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
179,280
227,458
Population aged 65+
72,950
92,889
Population aged under 15
34,222
42,316
Median age of population
49.5 yrs
49.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.7%
40.8%
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
8.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.1 /1k
13.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
1,909
2,031
Deaths
3,437
3,974
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
59.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
112 /km²
25 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
307,446
218,752
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
8.2%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.3 yrs
84.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
6.7%
19.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
369 /100k
343 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
860 /100k
749 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
212 /100k
212 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.0 /100k
42.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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269 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,238 /100k
206 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
61 /M
68 /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)
474 m
906 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
29 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
50 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
2 days/yr