NUTS-3 ITC47 · Italy
Brescia
Export region data (CSV)Brescia generates €54bn of GDP across 1.3m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.2%/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 (5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
67.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.2
Livability49.1
Market access72
Economic scale95
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)
45
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability43
Labour stability47
Diversification36
Demographic stability54
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access49
Market access72
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)
49.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72.5
Jobs57
Education23
Health92.5
Safety59
Connectivity35
Environment5
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
52.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 32.3%Diversified · HHI 2335
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 32.3%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 18.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.2%Public · health · education 12.7%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€48,497M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,175M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — industry (B–E)
€15,679M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€14,142M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€3,432M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,864M
2023 · EU pctl 93
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)
44,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 82
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,900
2023 · EU pctl 71
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)
€5,746M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — information & communication (J)
€748M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€13,178M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,169M
2023 · EU pctl 90
Labour market
Employment, total persons
599,200
2023 · EU pctl 96
Self-employed persons
131,200
2023 · EU pctl 99
Employment in manufacturing (C)
156,800
2023 · EU pctl 99
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)
106,264
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise births
7,310
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise deaths
6,182
2023 · EU pctl 92
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 26
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
94
2012 · EU pctl 90
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
76 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 47
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)
12,510,952
2025 · EU pctl 96
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.
72
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
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.
56
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
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)
813,343
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged 65+
293,432
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged under 15
159,109
2025 · EU pctl 95
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 67
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Live births
8,314
2024 · EU pctl 94
Deaths
12,053
2024 · EU pctl 96
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.6%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
279 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 73
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
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
41.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,099 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
955 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
102 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
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.
24
2024 · EU pctl 95
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 21
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