NUTS-3 ITH53 · Italy
Population
530,7402025
GDP
€23,259M2023
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
2,293.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITH53 · ITC42
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Como (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Reggio nell’Emilia (62). Contrarian pick: Reggio nell’Emilia — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 93).
#1Como
Strengths
Demographic outlook (77) · Industrial base (77)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 33 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Industrial base (93) · Economic base (84)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Como
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 33 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 14) — Reggio nell’Emilia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Como 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
62.0
63.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
42.5
42.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.9
48.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
39.7
51.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
34.3
29.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.0
44.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
3.4% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
11.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,824
€34,886
Population density
231 /km²
467 /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)
€20,895M
€18,747M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€495M
€174M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,397M
€4,869M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,141M
€4,615M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,099M
€1,113M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,434M
€3,857M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,400
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,700 PPS
36,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€44,100
€34,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€45,497M
€101,220M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€12,104M
€19,922M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€74,553M
€188,904M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,624M
€2,700M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€344M
€265M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,992M
€5,841M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,481M
€2,892M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,039M
€19,002M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,946
€87,780
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,529M
€4,372M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
257,800
244,900
Self-employed persons
55,500
57,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
74,200
52,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.5%
71.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.4%
10.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
261,900
279,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
42,308
46,449
Enterprise births
3,145
3,439
Enterprise deaths
2,419
2,663
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
3.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.1%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.8%
5.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.3%
23.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.2%
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
13.1%
11.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.2%
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.3%
5.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.2%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
915,901
5,206,242
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
691 /1k
640 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7
74
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,949 kt
7,886 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
12
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
31 km/1000km²
32 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
48
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
342,208
380,506
Population aged 65+
121,646
146,410
Population aged under 15
66,886
71,275
Median age of population
47.7 yrs
49.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.5%
38.5%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.1 /1k
4.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
10.3 /1k
Live births
3,514
3,731
Deaths
5,425
6,189
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.1%
57.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
1.18
Population density (persons per km²)
232 /km²
514 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
479,235
537,477
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
8.2%
12.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.3 yrs
84.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
6.7%
9.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
369 /100k
322 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
860 /100k
835 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
212 /100k
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
35.9 /100k
29.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,254 /100k
851 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
61 /M
38 /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)
198 m
197 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
14 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
8 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
25 days/yr