NUTS-3 ITI43 · Italy
Population
4,222,6482025
GDP
€201,290M2023
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
5,360.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
ITI43 · ITC11
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Roma (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Torino (62). Contrarian pick: Torino — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 65).
#1Roma
Strengths
Economic base (88) · Demographic outlook (87)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
#2Torino
Strengths
Economic base (74) · Connectivity (66)
Red flags
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 19 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Roma
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 4) — Torino may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Roma · Manufacturing → Torino · Office → Roma · Residential → Roma.
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
63.9
61.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.3
37.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.5
41.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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7.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
68.0
66.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
40.5
18.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.0
41.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.9% 5y
3.4% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.6% 5y
5.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,669
€38,998
Population density
788 /km²
323 /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)
€180,828M
€77,224M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€627M
€453M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€19,205M
€18,023M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,473M
€15,984M
GVA — construction (F)
€8,289M
€4,334M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€50,714M
€17,450M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,800
€24,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
49,400 PPS
40,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,600
€39,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€50,148M
€44,851M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,606M
€10,323M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€95,178M
€61,911M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€20,749M
€10,161M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€14,838M
€3,951M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€58,757M
€23,695M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€43,236M
€13,270M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€182,926M
€78,762M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,765
€86,167
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€42,460M
€24,617M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
2,218,000
1,013,400
Self-employed persons
433,400
230,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
86,200
173,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
68.0%
73.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.3%
19.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.5%
6.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,912,500
1,031,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
368,840
181,259
Enterprise births
35,222
14,384
Enterprise deaths
21,718
10,839
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
4.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
2.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.9%
3.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.5%
21.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.4%
29.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.6%
10.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.0%
16.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.3%
5.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.3%
93.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
56,002,908
8,215,089
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
701 /1k
723 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
12,367
6,225
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
31,686 kt
32,208 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
293
282
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
29 km/1000km²
36 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
12
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
2,728,595
1,370,206
Population aged 65+
984,903
586,866
Population aged under 15
509,150
247,204
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
50.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
42.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.7 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.8 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
11.9 /1k
Live births
25,200
12,788
Deaths
43,812
26,331
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.8%
60.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.10
1.11
Population density (persons per km²)
800 /km²
325 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
3,969,742
1,844,613
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.7%
16.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.6 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.9%
14.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
350 /100k
353 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
907 /100k
892 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
226 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
71.3 /100k
80.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,149 /100k
2,230 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
56 /M
40 /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)
78 m
326 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
16 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
57 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
17 days/yr