NUTS-3 ITI15 · Italy
Population
259,6572025
GDP
€9,322M2023
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
364.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITI15 · ITF34
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Prato (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Avellino (40). Contrarian pick: Avellino — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 73).
#1Prato
Strengths
Demographic outlook (90) · Industrial base (78)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 29 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#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 Prato
Long-run slide: down 29 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 19) — Avellino may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Prato 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
50.0
40.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
41.8
40.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.7
27.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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27.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.3
30.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
23.3
11.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.2
40.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
3.4% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.0% 5y
3.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€35,900
€23,085
Population density
712 /km²
141 /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)
€8,374M
€8,193M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€44M
€278M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,324M
€1,531M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,119M
€1,325M
GVA — construction (F)
€435M
€676M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,772M
€1,634M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,000
€16,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,300 PPS
23,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,900
€22,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,682M
€28,842M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,009M
€3,238M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€51,756M
€50,450M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,446M
€938M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€145M
€154M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,562M
€1,948M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,236M
€2,126M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,514M
€8,446M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€71,126
€63,552
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,014M
€2,008M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
133,200
147,000
Self-employed persons
31,700
41,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
47,600
22,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.7%
54.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.1%
40.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.3%
13.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
129,400
143,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
28,730
27,634
Enterprise births
2,073
2,203
Enterprise deaths
1,624
1,579
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
3.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.8%
18.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.8%
27.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.7%
8.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
16.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
3.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
90.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
606,930
334,699
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
744 /1k
667 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
969
113
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,021 kt
2,891 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
373
29
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
37 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
16
72
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
168,985
254,167
Population aged 65+
60,145
96,509
Population aged under 15
30,527
44,396
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
48.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
38.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.0 /1k
-4.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
11.8 /1k
Live births
1,389
2,427
Deaths
2,610
4,674
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.7%
55.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.02
1.10
Population density (persons per km²)
712 /km²
142 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
282,653
254,984
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.1%
41.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
82.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
35.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
285 /100k
257 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
848 /100k
1,058 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
238 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
7.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,602 /100k
474 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
51 /M
47 /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)
225 m
686 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
28 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
28 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
8 days/yr