NUTS-3 ITF11 · Italy
L’Aquila
Export region data (CSV)L’Aquila generates €9.1bn of GDP across 286.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.7/100 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 digital connectivity (17.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
48.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.8
Livability44.9
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)
34
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density8
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)
44.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs17.5
Education22
Health82
Safety58.7
Connectivity17.5
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).
All indicators · 70 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
4
2012 · EU pctl 24
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
14 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 24
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
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.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
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 57
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
301 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 20 · 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
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
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