NUTS-3 ITC43 · Italy
Lecco
Export region data (CSV)Lecco generates €13bn of GDP across 333.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.4%/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 (19th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
60.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.2
Livability50.6
Market access81
Economic scale69
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability52
Labour stability47
Diversification17
Demographic stability41
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density15
Airport access70
Market access81
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)
50.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy68
Jobs57
Education23
Health92.5
Safety58
Connectivity36.5
Environment19
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
42.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 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: Industry · 36.3%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2548
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 36.3%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.2%Public · health · education 12.4%
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)
€11,552M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€103M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,197M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,050M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — construction (F)
€686M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,992M
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
40,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 73
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,600
2023 · EU pctl 60
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)
€1,410M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — information & communication (J)
€148M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,145M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,429M
2023 · EU pctl 47
Labour market
Employment, total persons
142,600
2023 · EU pctl 60
Self-employed persons
33,400
2023 · EU pctl 74
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,100
2023 · EU pctl 84
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)
26,253
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise births
1,794
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise deaths
1,539
2023 · EU pctl 62
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
37
2012 · EU pctl 70
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
110 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 55
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)
1,543,508
2025 · EU pctl 63
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.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
36
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
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)
208,574
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged 65+
85,700
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged under 15
39,473
2025 · EU pctl 55
Median age of population
49.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 83
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.1%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of total population change
1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Live births
2,050
2024 · EU pctl 54
Deaths
3,443
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.0%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
2024 · EU pctl 24
Population density (persons per km²)
453 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
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 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
772 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,355 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
134 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
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.
18
2024 · EU pctl 81
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 79
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