NUTS-3 ITI41 · Italy
Population
307,4052025
GDP
€8,083M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
69.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,612.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITI41 · ITF11
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: L’Aquila (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Viterbo (48). Contrarian pick: Viterbo — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 68).
#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)
#2Viterbo
Strengths
Digital readiness (68) · Cost advantage (60)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 37 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) — Viterbo may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → L’Aquila · Manufacturing → L’Aquila · Office → Viterbo · Residential → Viterbo.
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
48.4
49.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.3
45.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.2
46.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
42.7
39.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
40.5
26.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
45.2
46.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.8% 5y
3.3% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
7.2% 5y
4.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€26,293
€31,798
Population density
85 /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)
€7,261M
€8,190M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€523M
€338M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€734M
€1,334M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€520M
€1,120M
GVA — construction (F)
€585M
€850M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,477M
€1,471M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,800
€19,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,200 PPS
32,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,300
€31,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€50,148M
€10,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,606M
€1,609M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€95,178M
€14,889M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,223M
€948M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€93M
€116M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,084M
€2,044M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,857M
€2,152M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,345M
€8,346M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€74,164
€81,005
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,705M
€2,508M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
111,400
116,100
Self-employed persons
33,000
28,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,800
11,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
68.0%
67.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.3%
26.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.5%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
135,500
122,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,588
22,007
Enterprise births
1,669
1,676
Enterprise deaths
1,371
1,238
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.9%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.5%
24.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.4%
32.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.6%
10.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.0%
19.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.3%
4.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.3%
93.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,507,770
1,627,977
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
701 /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.
1,449
89
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,233 kt
7,478 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
471
31
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
29 km/1000km²
34 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
81
57
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
193,373
177,664
Population aged 65+
80,821
77,260
Population aged under 15
33,211
31,782
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
50.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.8%
43.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.9 /1k
-0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
11.8 /1k
Live births
1,539
1,690
Deaths
3,967
3,385
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
61.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.00
1.15
Population density (persons per km²)
88 /km²
57 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
235,093
212,145
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.7%
24.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.6 yrs
83.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.9%
20.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
350 /100k
332 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
907 /100k
893 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
226 /100k
206 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
17.9 /100k
20.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
666 /100k
593 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
56 /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)
314 m
2,184 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
197 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
8 days/yr