NUTS-3 ITI19 · Italy
Population
259,4602025
GDP
€9,721M2023
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
3,824.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITI19 · ITF11
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: L’Aquila (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Siena (48). Contrarian pick: Siena — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 78).
#1L’Aquila
Strengths
Cost advantage (66) · Economic base (49)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
#2Siena
Strengths
Demographic outlook (78) · Digital readiness (72)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 18 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick L’Aquila
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 7) — Siena may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
L’Aquila 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
48.3
49.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
47.5
45.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.6
46.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
57.3
39.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
23.3
26.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
37.6
46.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
3.3% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.5% 5y
4.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€37,467
€31,798
Population density
68 /km²
57 /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)
€8,733M
€8,190M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€369M
€338M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,736M
€1,334M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,547M
€1,120M
GVA — construction (F)
€497M
€850M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,697M
€1,471M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,000
€19,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,800 PPS
32,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,300
€31,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€29,682M
€10,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€5,009M
€1,609M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€51,756M
€14,889M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,121M
€948M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€131M
€116M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,689M
€2,044M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,742M
€2,152M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,879M
€8,346M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€76,060
€81,005
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,100M
€2,508M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
129,900
116,100
Self-employed persons
30,400
28,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,700
11,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.7%
67.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.1%
26.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
122,400
122,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,079
22,007
Enterprise births
1,448
1,676
Enterprise deaths
1,171
1,238
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.8%
24.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.8%
32.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.7%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.4%
19.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
4.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
93.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,373,801
1,627,977
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
744 /1k
728 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,015
89
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,796 kt
7,478 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,547
31
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
23 km/1000km²
34 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
57
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)
159,800
177,664
Population aged 65+
70,552
77,260
Population aged under 15
29,108
31,782
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
50.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.2%
43.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
-0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
11.8 /1k
Live births
1,548
1,690
Deaths
3,267
3,385
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.4%
61.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
1.15
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
57 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
242,637
212,145
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.1%
24.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.2 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
20.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
285 /100k
332 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
848 /100k
893 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
206 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.8 /100k
20.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
686 /100k
593 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
51 /M
68 /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)
148 m
2,184 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
197 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
8 days/yr