NUTS-3 ITC12 · Italy
Vercelli
Export region data (CSV)Vercelli generates €5.6bn of GDP across 165.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (81.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (9.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38.4
Livability43.8
Market access74
Economic scale35
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
40.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability55
Labour stability40
Diversification43
Demographic stability24
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
66
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density50
Airport access74
Market access74
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
18
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary10
Lifelong learning48
Knowledge workers6
Scientists & engineers8
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
9.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.517.6 µg/m³
PM1025.4 µg/m³
NO218.3 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
43.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53.5
Jobs27
Education37.5
Health81.5
Safety58.3
Connectivity39.5
Environment9.3
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
38.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.5 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 32.5%Diversified · HHI 2291
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 32.5%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.5%Public · health · education 17.7%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,058M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€121M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,642M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,484M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — construction (F)
€314M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€849M
2023 · EU pctl 30
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€24,400
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 58
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,000
2023 · EU pctl 47
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€44,851M
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€10,323M
2023 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€61,911M
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€634M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — information & communication (J)
€61M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,238M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€894M
2023 · EU pctl 27
Labour market
Employment, total persons
68,100
2023 · EU pctl 28
Self-employed persons
15,600
2023 · EU pctl 51
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,000
2023 · EU pctl 44
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.5%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.3%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,364
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise births
749
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise deaths
670
2023 · EU pctl 37
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 16
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
2012 · EU pctl 36
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 37
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
21.2%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
29.3%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.0%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.9%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
401,644
2025 · EU pctl 27
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
723 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
678
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
409
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
101,241
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged 65+
46,898
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
17,771
2025 · EU pctl 23
Median age of population
51.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 93
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.3%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Crude rate of total population change
1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
902
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
2,301
2024 · EU pctl 38
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.9%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
2024 · EU pctl 12
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
343 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
892 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
228 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
626 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
258 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 94
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 81
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 38
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