NUTS-3 ITF11 · Italy
L’Aquila
L’Aquila generates €9.1bn of GDP across 286.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49/100 is mid-table 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 6.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (82th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (17.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller57 → 44 EU percentile since 1995 (-13 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)
Cost advantage66
Economic base49
Demographic outlook48
Growth momentum47
Energy cost46
Quality of life46
Resilience46
Freight intensity44
Connectivity39
Industrial base35
Digital readiness27
Talent & skills26
Governance20
Labour market7
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
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.8
Livability46
Market access47
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)
45.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability42
Labour stability37
Diversification86
Demographic stability18
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density24
Airport access47
Market access47
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary22
Lifelong learning52
Knowledge workers26
Scientists & engineers4
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)
46
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs17.5
Education22
Health82
Safety58.7
Connectivity25.5
Environment75
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
46.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.1 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: Public · health · education · 26.3%Diversified · HHI 2026
Agriculture 4.1%Industry 16.3%Construction 10.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18%Finance · real estate · prof. 25%Public · health · education 26.3%
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)
€9,117M2023
8.6% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,346M2025
0.6% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Population
286,7062025
0.0% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Unemployment rate
6.5%2025
6.6% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Employment
116,1002023
1.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Productivity / employee
€81,0052025
1.4% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Gross value added
€8,190M2023
8.7% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,190M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€338M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,334M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,120M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — construction (F)
€850M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,471M
2023 · EU pctl 51
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€19,700
2024 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,700
2023 · EU pctl 41
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,710M
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,609M
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,889M
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€948M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — information & communication (J)
€116M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,044M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,152M
2023 · EU pctl 64
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,346M
2025 · EU pctl 58
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,005
2025 · EU pctl 43
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,508M
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
116,100
2023 · EU pctl 50
Self-employed persons
28,200
2023 · EU pctl 69
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,500
2023 · EU pctl 34
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
67.0%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
26.5%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
122,800
2025 · EU pctl 50
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,007
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise births
1,676
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise deaths
1,238
2023 · EU pctl 56
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 49
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.5%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.5%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.9%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,627,977
2025 · EU pctl 64
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
728 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · 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.
89
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,478 kt
2025 · EU pctl 52
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
34 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
57
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
177,664
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged 65+
77,260
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged under 15
31,782
2025 · EU pctl 47
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.5%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of total population change
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Live births
1,690
2024 · EU pctl 46
Deaths
3,385
2024 · EU pctl 56
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 21
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
212,145
2100 · EU pctl 49
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
332 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
893 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
206 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
593 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
68 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · 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)
2,184 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
197 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
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.
9
2024 · EU pctl 25
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)
18.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.5%
2021 · EU pctl 12
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