NUTS-3 ITC15 · Italy
Novara
Export region data (CSV)Novara generates €13bn of GDP across 364.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.4%/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 (14th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.2
Livability42.8
Market access78
Economic scale70
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)
43.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability55
Labour stability40
Diversification36
Demographic stability42
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density19
Airport access92
Market access78
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)
13.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513.3 µg/m³
PM1019.2 µg/m³
NO223.5 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)
42.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57.5
Jobs27
Education37.5
Health81.5
Safety58
Connectivity24
Environment14
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
46.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
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 · 30.7%Diversified · HHI 2336
Agriculture 1%Industry 30.7%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 20.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.4%Public · health · education 15.8%
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)
€11,807M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€113M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,624M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,420M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — construction (F)
€690M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,408M
2023 · EU pctl 70
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)
37,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 66
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,200
2023 · EU pctl 53
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)
€1,538M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — information & communication (J)
€167M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,112M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,861M
2023 · EU pctl 59
Labour market
Employment, total persons
157,600
2023 · EU pctl 65
Self-employed persons
34,600
2023 · EU pctl 75
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,500
2023 · EU pctl 79
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)
26,362
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise births
1,871
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise deaths
1,576
2023 · EU pctl 62
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
35
2012 · EU pctl 68
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
95 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 52
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)
1,638,065
2025 · EU pctl 64
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.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
229,276
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged 65+
92,051
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged under 15
42,813
2025 · EU pctl 59
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 82
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
2,212
2024 · EU pctl 57
Deaths
4,190
2024 · EU pctl 67
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
2024 · EU pctl 19
Population density (persons per km²)
279 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 73
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
963 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
222 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 78
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
24
2024 · EU pctl 94
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 30
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