NUTS-3 ITF31 · Italy
Caserta
Caserta generates €19bn of GDP across 908.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (47th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (1.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable32 → 24 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 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)
Demographic outlook78
Cost advantage73
Growth momentum59
Resilience50
Energy cost46
Connectivity41
Industrial base24
Governance20
Quality of life20
Economic base14
Freight intensity13
Talent & skills11
Digital readiness10
Air quality6
Labour market1
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)
50.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59
Livability19.7
Market access45
Economic scale80
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability60
Labour stability23
Diversification80
Demographic stability38
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)
41.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access67
Market access45
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)
11.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary8
Lifelong learning28
Knowledge workers8
Scientists & engineers1
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
6.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.514 µg/m³
PM1025.8 µg/m³
NO225.4 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
19.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy20.5
Jobs1.5
Education20.5
Health47
Safety30.7
Connectivity11
Environment6.7
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
59
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-4.3 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 · 26.2%Diversified · HHI 2076
Agriculture 4.3%Industry 13.3%Construction 9.1%Trade · transport · ICT 23.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.2%Public · health · education 26.2%
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)
€19,474M2023
7.7% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€18,034M2025
0.6% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Population
908,4512025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Unemployment rate
13.9%2025
58.0% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Employment
287,4002023
1.8% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Productivity / employee
€69,4082025
1.4% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Gross value added
€17,494M2023
7.8% 1y 4.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,494M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€748M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,325M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,944M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — construction (F)
€1,588M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,033M
2023 · EU pctl 82
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€16,200
2024 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 14
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,500
2023 · EU pctl 22
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€28,842M
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,238M
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€50,450M
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,230M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — information & communication (J)
€151M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,226M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,575M
2023 · EU pctl 85
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,034M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€69,408
2025 · EU pctl 30
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,288M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour market
Employment, total persons
287,400
2023 · EU pctl 84
Self-employed persons
71,500
2023 · EU pctl 93
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,600
2023 · EU pctl 72
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
54.4%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
40.1%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
13.9%
2025 · EU pctl 98
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
339,800
2025 · EU pctl 88
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
54,056
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise births
5,551
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise deaths
3,144
2023 · EU pctl 78
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 70
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
27.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · 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)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
90.9%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,453,756
2025 · EU pctl 61
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
667 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 85 · 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.
54
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,355 kt
2025 · EU pctl 68
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
37 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
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)
603,868
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
179,524
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
125,059
2025 · EU pctl 92
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.7%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Live births
7,029
2024 · EU pctl 92
Deaths
8,709
2024 · EU pctl 92
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.4%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
344 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 77
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
774,935
2100 · EU pctl 91
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
257 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,058 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
238 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
43.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,393 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
47 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 54 · 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)
158 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
26
2024 · EU pctl 94
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 97
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 51
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
40.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.3%
2021 · EU pctl 43
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