NUTS-3 ITC41 · Italy
Varese
Export region data (CSV)Varese generates €32bn of GDP across 882.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (92.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (10th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
65.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.4
Livability49
Market access82
Economic scale90
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)
41.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability47
Diversification33
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)
65
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density32
Airport access81
Market access82
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)
29.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary27
Lifelong learning62
Knowledge workers19
Scientists & engineers10
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
49
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy64
Jobs57
Education23
Health92.5
Safety51.3
Connectivity45
Environment10
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
39.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.1 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. · 28.4%Diversified · HHI 2360
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 27.4%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 23.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.4%Public · health · education 15.5%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€28,433M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€155M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,803M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,402M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€1,416M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€6,582M
2023 · EU pctl 90
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,600
2024 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 65
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,000
2023 · EU pctl 53
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€101,220M
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€19,922M
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€188,904M
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,797M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — information & communication (J)
€638M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,073M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,402M
2023 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
360,600
2023 · EU pctl 89
Self-employed persons
79,500
2023 · EU pctl 95
Employment in manufacturing (C)
86,100
2023 · EU pctl 97
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
71.7%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
10.9%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
66,562
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise births
4,858
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise deaths
3,839
2023 · EU pctl 82
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 28
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
114
2012 · EU pctl 92
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
131 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 60
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
23.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.8%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.0%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,269,803
2025 · EU pctl 80
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
640 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 74 · 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.
1,714
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
194
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
554,917
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged 65+
221,133
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged under 15
106,542
2025 · EU pctl 88
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 79
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of total population change
2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Live births
5,471
2024 · EU pctl 88
Deaths
9,517
2024 · EU pctl 94
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
2024 · EU pctl 19
Population density (persons per km²)
812 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 88
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
12.5%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
325 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
835 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
222 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,152 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
550 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 39
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Environment
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 90
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 17
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