NUTS-3 ITF21 · Italy
Isernia
Export region data (CSV)Isernia generates €2.2bn of GDP across 78.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (66th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (8.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
31.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.4
Livability29.5
Market access42
Economic scale8
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)
40.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability46
Labour stability30
Diversification79
Demographic stability7
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)
23
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
Airport access22
Market access42
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)
18.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary8
Lifelong learning57
Knowledge workers8
Scientists & engineers0
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)
29.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy31.5
Jobs17.5
Education13
Health66
Safety51
Connectivity8.5
Environment19
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
45.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.6 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 · 27.9%Diversified · HHI 2081
Agriculture 5.4%Industry 14.2%Construction 9.1%Trade · transport · ICT 16.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.7%Public · health · education 27.9%
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)
€1,938M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€104M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — industry (B–E)
€276M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€218M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€177M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€320M
2023 · EU pctl 6
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€18,300
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
28,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 31
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,100
2023 · EU pctl 31
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€2,059M
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€145M
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€2,725M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€252M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — information & communication (J)
€20M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€518M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€541M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Labour market
Employment, total persons
29,400
2023 · EU pctl 4
Self-employed persons
8,300
2023 · EU pctl 29
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,200
2023 · EU pctl 6
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
61.8%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
39.8%
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,377
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise births
497
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise deaths
377
2023 · EU pctl 19
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 46
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
0
2012 · EU pctl 3
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
4 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 11
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.2%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
22.1%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
27.6%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.2%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.1%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
91,647
2025 · EU pctl 3
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
767 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 99 · 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.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
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)
48,424
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged 65+
22,104
2025 · EU pctl 11
Population aged under 15
8,227
2025 · EU pctl 5
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 90
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.6%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of total population change
-6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude death rate
14.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Live births
422
2024 · EU pctl 5
Deaths
1,118
2024 · EU pctl 11
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.04
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 18
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
22.8%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
307 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
973 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
197 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
396 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
652 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
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.
18
2024 · EU pctl 81
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
45
2024 · EU pctl 9
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