NUTS-3 ITC32 · Italy
Savona
Savona generates €9.4bn of GDP across 267.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.8%/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 (24th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller74 → 53 EU percentile since 1995 (-21 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)
Economic base63
Cost advantage55
Air quality52
Growth momentum48
Quality of life47
Freight intensity46
Industrial base46
Energy cost46
Resilience44
Connectivity39
Digital readiness33
Demographic outlook30
Talent & skills21
Labour market20
Governance20
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)
49.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48
Livability46.5
Market access48
Economic scale56
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability51
Labour stability38
Diversification62
Demographic stability26
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)
38.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density15
Airport access53
Market access48
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
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59 µg/m³
PM1013.5 µg/m³
NO212 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)
46.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy54
Jobs33
Education28
Health83.5
Safety49.7
Connectivity24
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
48
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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. · 28.7%Diversified · HHI 2177
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 19.2%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 23%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.7%Public · health · education 19.9%
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)
€9,357M2023
5.6% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,351M2025
0.6% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Population
267,0642025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Unemployment rate
4.6%2025
14.8% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Employment
110,6002023
1.6% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Productivity / employee
€86,0462025
1.4% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Gross value added
€8,406M2023
5.7% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,406M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€127M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,613M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,374M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — construction (F)
€650M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,930M
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
36,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 63
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,000
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
€1,493M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — information & communication (J)
€90M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,413M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,671M
2023 · EU pctl 54
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,351M
2025 · EU pctl 58
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€86,046
2025 · EU pctl 56
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,080M
2025 · EU pctl 56
Labour market
Employment, total persons
110,600
2023 · EU pctl 47
Self-employed persons
33,200
2023 · EU pctl 74
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,600
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
119,700
2025 · EU pctl 49
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,396
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise births
1,577
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise deaths
1,426
2023 · EU pctl 60
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
5,220,588
2025 · EU pctl 88
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.
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,231 kt
2025 · EU pctl 50
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
70 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
10
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
CURRENT · EU pctl 47
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)
160,069
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged 65+
80,779
2025 · EU pctl 66
Population aged under 15
26,216
2025 · EU pctl 39
Median age of population
53.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 98
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.5%
2025 · EU pctl 95
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude birth rate
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Live births
1,296
2024 · EU pctl 37
Deaths
3,843
2024 · EU pctl 62
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.8%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
2024 · EU pctl 8
Population density (persons per km²)
173 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 60
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
205,824
2100 · EU pctl 47
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,356 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
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)
549 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 36
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 47
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 77
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
32.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 39
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