NUTS-3 ITC13 · Italy
Biella
Biella generates €5.6bn of GDP across 168.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +2.8%/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 jobs (27th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller76 → 49 EU percentile since 1995 (-27 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Industrial base82
Connectivity71
Economic base56
Quality of life55
Cost advantage51
Energy cost46
Growth momentum36
Resilience31
Digital readiness29
Freight intensity26
Labour market21
Governance20
Talent & skills18
Demographic outlook15
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35.8
Livability54.5
Market access71
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)
30.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability39
Labour stability40
Diversification29
Demographic stability15
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)
71
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access54
Market access71
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
54.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy52.5
Jobs27
Education37.5
Health81.5
Safety74.3
Connectivity58.5
Environment50
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
35.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 31%Diversified · HHI 2396
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 28.7%Construction 5.3%Trade · transport · ICT 17.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 31%Public · health · education 16.3%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€5,639M2023
8.3% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,167M2025
0.6% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Population
168,3282025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Unemployment rate
6.1%2025
84.8% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Employment
69,3002023
0.9% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Productivity / employee
€82,6652025
1.4% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Gross value added
€5,066M2023
8.4% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,066M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€45M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,456M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,356M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€267M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€905M
2023 · EU pctl 32
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)
34,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 56
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€33,400
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
€734M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — information & communication (J)
€90M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,568M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€824M
2023 · EU pctl 24
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,167M
2025 · EU pctl 39
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€82,665
2025 · EU pctl 47
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,615M
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour market
Employment, total persons
69,300
2023 · EU pctl 29
Self-employed persons
16,300
2023 · EU pctl 52
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,300
2023 · EU pctl 50
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.1%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
76,000
2025 · EU pctl 30
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,839
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise births
814
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise deaths
674
2023 · EU pctl 38
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 14
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 69 · 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)
339,609
2025 · EU pctl 22
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.
1,447
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,164 kt
2025 · EU pctl 21
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
860
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
36 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
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)
101,001
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
51,066
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged under 15
16,261
2025 · EU pctl 20
Median age of population
53.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 98
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.6%
2025 · EU pctl 95
Crude rate of total population change
-1.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude birth rate
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
14.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Live births
792
2024 · EU pctl 17
Deaths
2,480
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
186 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 63
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
109,051
2100 · EU pctl 21
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
353 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36 · 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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
566 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.72
2022 · EU pctl 20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.60
2022 · EU pctl 14
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
2022 · EU pctl 20
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.57
2022 · EU pctl 15
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.41
2022 · EU pctl 25
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.159/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 54
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 19
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
413 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 40
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 50
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 28
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
30.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 53
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 6
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