NUTS-3 ITI11 · Italy
Population
186,7832025
GDP
€5,863M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,159.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITI11 · ITG2E
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Massa-Carrara (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Nuoro (31). Contrarian pick: Nuoro — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 67).
#2Nuoro
Strengths
Cost advantage (67) · Energy cost (46)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Massa-Carrara
Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 20) — Nuoro may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Massa-Carrara 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
46.8
30.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.0
35.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.7
41.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
57.7
30.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
23.3
19.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.4
45.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
3.4% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.9% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,389
€24,494
Population density
161 /km²
35 /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)
€5,267M
€4,298M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€42M
€309M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,086M
€343M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€888M
€208M
GVA — construction (F)
€362M
€303M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,236M
€918M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,000
€18,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,500 PPS
25,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,300
€24,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,682M
€10,118M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,009M
€512M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€51,756M
€16,391M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€781M
€600M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€57M
€29M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,447M
€1,005M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,094M
€1,419M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,355M
€4,478M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,410
€64,002
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,267M
€1,176M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
73,200
76,900
Self-employed persons
20,200
22,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,100
5,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.7%
64.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.1%
24.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
9.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
87,200
80,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,145
13,711
Enterprise births
1,168
1,006
Enterprise deaths
904
800
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
1.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.8%
18.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.8%
23.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.7%
12.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
16.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
4.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
94.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,307,588
3,718,533
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
744 /1k
719 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,339
1,012
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,278 kt
1,088 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
717
518
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
88
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)
113,899
120,431
Population aged 65+
54,486
54,858
Population aged under 15
18,398
20,042
Median age of population
52.5 yrs
51.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.8%
45.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
-9.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
-1.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
4.8 /1k
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
946
941
Deaths
2,502
2,476
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.0%
62.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
0.98
Population density (persons per km²)
162 /km²
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Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
132,202
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.1%
29.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
83.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
26.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
285 /100k
293 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
848 /100k
857 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
224 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
4.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.8 /100k
13.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
907 /100k
430 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
51 /M
72 /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)
134 m
1,089 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
19 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
34 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
24 days/yr
6 days/yr