NUTS-3 ITF14 · Italy
Chieti
Chieti generates €12bn of GDP across 370.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.4%/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 (16th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller64 → 45 EU percentile since 1995 (-19 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)
Industrial base75
Cost advantage66
Economic base49
Demographic outlook49
Energy cost46
Resilience45
Growth momentum43
Quality of life41
Connectivity35
Digital readiness27
Talent & skills26
Freight intensity24
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)
46.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.4
Livability41.2
Market access37
Economic scale66
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)
44.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability47
Labour stability37
Diversification72
Demographic stability23
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)
35.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
Airport access64
Market access37
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)
41.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs17.5
Education22
Health82
Safety46.3
Connectivity16
Environment63
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
43.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
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: Industry · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2128
Agriculture 3%Industry 26.4%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 19.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 25%Public · health · education 19.6%
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)
€11,784M2023
7.0% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,788M2025
0.6% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Population
370,4872025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Unemployment rate
6.5%2025
14.0% 1y 9.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Employment
168,5002023
1.8% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Productivity / employee
€72,1422025
1.4% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Gross value added
€10,586M2023
7.1% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,586M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€322M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,794M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,524M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — construction (F)
€724M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,022M
2023 · EU pctl 63
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)
€1,240M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — information & communication (J)
€111M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,647M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,078M
2023 · EU pctl 62
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,788M
2025 · EU pctl 68
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,142
2025 · EU pctl 32
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,242M
2025 · EU pctl 73
Labour market
Employment, total persons
168,500
2023 · EU pctl 67
Self-employed persons
40,000
2023 · EU pctl 80
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,800
2023 · EU pctl 74
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)
158,800
2025 · EU pctl 63
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
27,092
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise births
2,050
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise deaths
1,498
2023 · EU pctl 61
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 36
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)
1,643,977
2025 · EU pctl 64
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
728 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,488 kt
2025 · EU pctl 46
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
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.
42
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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)
229,753
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged 65+
99,270
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged under 15
41,464
2025 · EU pctl 58
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 86
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude birth rate
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
2,101
2024 · EU pctl 55
Deaths
4,473
2024 · EU pctl 70
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.3%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.10
2024 · EU pctl 9
Population density (persons per km²)
143 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 54
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
273,923
2100 · EU pctl 60
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
803 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
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)
270 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
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.
11
2024 · EU pctl 37
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 83
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
69.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 80
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.8%
2021 · EU pctl 48
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