NUTS-3 ITC14 · Italy
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola
Verbano-Cusio-Ossola generates €4.5bn of GDP across 153.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.8/100 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 digital connectivity (25th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller57 → 38 EU percentile since 1995 (-20 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)
Cost advantage51
Connectivity47
Quality of life46
Energy cost46
Demographic outlook44
Resilience40
Industrial base40
Economic base38
Growth momentum37
Air quality31
Freight intensity30
Digital readiness29
Labour market21
Governance20
Talent & skills18
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)
46.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37
Livability46.2
Market access77
Economic scale27
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability41
Labour stability40
Diversification55
Demographic stability25
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)
47.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density21
Airport access44
Market access77
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)
30.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1017.9 µg/m³
NO214.9 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)
46.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy43.5
Jobs27
Education37.5
Health81.5
Safety78
Connectivity25
Environment31
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
37
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.5%Diversified · HHI 2221
Agriculture 0.7%Industry 18.6%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 24.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.5%Public · health · education 21.5%
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)
€4,463M2023
4.8% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,089M2025
0.6% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Population
153,2832025
0.3% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Unemployment rate
6.1%2025
117.9% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Employment
58,4002023
1.6% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Productivity / employee
€77,6292025
1.4% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Gross value added
€4,009M2023
4.8% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,009M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€28M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — industry (B–E)
€747M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€599M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — construction (F)
€282M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€984M
2023 · EU pctl 35
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)
30,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 38
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,000
2023 · EU pctl 35
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)
€622M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — information & communication (J)
€44M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,104M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€863M
2023 · EU pctl 26
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,089M
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€77,629
2025 · EU pctl 38
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,278M
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour market
Employment, total persons
58,400
2023 · EU pctl 22
Self-employed persons
15,200
2023 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,300
2023 · EU pctl 23
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)
70,800
2025 · EU pctl 26
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,741
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise births
745
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise deaths
661
2023 · EU pctl 37
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 10
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)
3,820,925
2025 · EU pctl 82
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.
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,101 kt
2025 · EU pctl 20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
94,025
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged 65+
44,061
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged under 15
15,197
2025 · EU pctl 18
Median age of population
52.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 96
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.9%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of total population change
-3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude birth rate
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
758
2024 · EU pctl 16
Deaths
2,006
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.0%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
2024 · EU pctl 5
Population density (persons per km²)
71 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 28
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
117,869
2100 · EU pctl 24
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
9.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
419 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
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)
1,062 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
157 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
29 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 72
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 66
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 51
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
19.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.5%
2021 · EU pctl 70
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