NUTS-3 ITC31 · Italy
Imperia
Export region data (CSV)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).
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability25
Labour stability38
Diversification35
Demographic stability44
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)
31.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access41
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).
All indicators · 71 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
2
2012 · EU pctl 16
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
9 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 19
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
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 10
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
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 88
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
336 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 30 · 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
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
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