NUTS-3 ITC31 · Italy
Imperia
Imperia generates €6.1bn of GDP across 209.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (83.5th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (22.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller60 → 36 EU percentile since 1995 (-24 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)
Demographic outlook61
Cost advantage55
Air quality53
Growth momentum51
Energy cost46
Quality of life46
Economic base39
Resilience36
Digital readiness33
Connectivity32
Talent & skills21
Labour market20
Governance20
Industrial base4
Freight intensity3
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)
44.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.6
Livability45.8
Market access42
Economic scale39
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)
35.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability25
Labour stability38
Diversification35
Demographic stability45
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access42
Market access42
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)
21
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary9
Lifelong learning59
Knowledge workers13
Scientists & engineers3
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)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1018.2 µg/m³
NO28.1 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)
45.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42
Jobs33
Education28
Health83.5
Safety58.7
Connectivity22.5
Environment53
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
50.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.5 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. · 32%Diversified · HHI 2343
Agriculture 5.4%Industry 6.7%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 25.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 32%Public · health · education 22.9%
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)
€6,087M2023
7.8% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,432M2025
0.6% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Population
209,3482025
0.3% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Unemployment rate
4.6%2025
16.4% 1y 13.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Employment
77,1002023
2.7% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Productivity / employee
€80,2922025
1.4% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Gross value added
€5,468M2023
7.9% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,468M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€294M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — industry (B–E)
€368M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€237M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€390M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,418M
2023 · EU pctl 49
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,600
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,200
2023 · EU pctl 36
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,797M
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,274M
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€21,326M
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,152M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — information & communication (J)
€45M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,748M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,251M
2023 · EU pctl 41
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,432M
2025 · EU pctl 41
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€80,292
2025 · EU pctl 42
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,353M
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,100
2023 · EU pctl 34
Self-employed persons
24,900
2023 · EU pctl 64
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,800
2023 · EU pctl 8
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.2%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
20.6%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
94,900
2025 · EU pctl 39
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,745
2023 · EU pctl 57
Enterprise births
1,386
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise deaths
1,021
2023 · EU pctl 51
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 34
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.1%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
23.5%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
28.0%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.5%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,247,302
2025 · EU pctl 79
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
563 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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.
13
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,309 kt
2025 · EU pctl 6
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
70 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
127,007
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged 65+
60,145
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged under 15
22,196
2025 · EU pctl 32
Median age of population
52.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 94
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.4%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude death rate
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
1,212
2024 · EU pctl 33
Deaths
2,906
2024 · EU pctl 49
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
181 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 62
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
192,608
2100 · EU pctl 44
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
345 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
867 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
218 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
47.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,439 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · 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)
789 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 27
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
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 74
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 20
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
71
2024 · EU pctl 95
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
2.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.5%
2021 · EU pctl 31
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