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NUTS-3 ITC33 · Italy

Genova

Export region data (CSV)

Genova generates €35bn of GDP across 818.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.4%/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 clean environment (23th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
61.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.2
Livability45.6
Market access61
Economic scale91
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)
36
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability41
Labour stability38
Diversification31
Demographic stability34
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)
65.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density44
Airport access91
Market access61
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)
22.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510 µg/m³
PM1017.2 µg/m³
NO221 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)
45.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs33
Education28
Health83.5
Safety50
Connectivity38.5
Environment23
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
49.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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. · 29.8%Diversified · HHI 2378
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 16.3%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 28.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 29.8%Public · health · education 18.7%
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)
€31,150M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€66M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,076M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,271M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — construction (F)
€1,879M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,991M
2023 · EU pctl 94
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)
44,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 81
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,400
2023 · EU pctl 70
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)
€4,684M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — information & communication (J)
€763M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,298M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,840M
2023 · EU pctl 89
Labour market
Employment, total persons
393,700
2023 · EU pctl 91
Self-employed persons
88,300
2023 · EU pctl 96
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,700
2023 · EU pctl 77
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)
68,706
2023 · EU pctl 91
Enterprise births
5,037
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise deaths
3,978
2023 · EU pctl 84
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 37
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
63
2012 · EU pctl 81
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
73 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 46
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)
4,589,690
2025 · EU pctl 85
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.
2,899
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
354
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
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)
494,351
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged 65+
239,922
2025 · EU pctl 95
Population aged under 15
84,539
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
52.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 95
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.5%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude birth rate
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude death rate
14.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Live births
4,648
2024 · EU pctl 83
Deaths
11,430
2024 · EU pctl 95
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
2024 · EU pctl 18
Population density (persons per km²)
447 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
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
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
65.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,603 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
394 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 69
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 89
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
73
2024 · EU pctl 97
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