NUTS-3 ITF13 · Italy
Pescara
Export region data (CSV)Pescara generates €9.4bn of GDP across 311.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.1%/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 (15.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.6
Livability35
Market access41
Economic scale57
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)
43.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability52
Labour stability37
Diversification56
Demographic stability29
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)
42.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density4
Airport access83
Market access41
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)
35
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy38
Jobs17.5
Education22
Health82
Safety30
Connectivity15.5
Environment40
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
42.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 28.8%Diversified · HHI 2217
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 15.9%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 22.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.8%Public · health · education 23.9%
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)
€8,445M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€154M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,340M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,162M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — construction (F)
€589M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,915M
2023 · EU pctl 61
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)
31,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,100
2023 · EU pctl 37
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)
€1,174M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — information & communication (J)
€191M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,431M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,017M
2023 · EU pctl 61
Labour market
Employment, total persons
127,500
2023 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
34,800
2023 · EU pctl 76
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,500
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
27,508
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise births
2,145
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise deaths
1,581
2023 · EU pctl 63
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 54
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
2012 · EU pctl 34
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
24 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 30
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)
1,555,862
2025 · EU pctl 63
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.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
23
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
196,177
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged 65+
78,779
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged under 15
36,920
2025 · EU pctl 52
Median age of population
49.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 82
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
1,821
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
3,620
2024 · EU pctl 60
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
254 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 70
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
33.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,305 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
68 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
202 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 60
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 78
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