NUTS-3 ITF32 · Italy
Benevento
Benevento generates €5.7bn of GDP across 259.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +3.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (62th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (1.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller37 → 24 EU percentile since 1995 (-13 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)
Cost advantage73
Demographic outlook52
Energy cost46
Growth momentum42
Resilience42
Connectivity31
Quality of life25
Industrial base22
Governance20
Freight intensity19
Air quality17
Economic base14
Talent & skills11
Digital readiness10
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)
35.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42
Livability24.9
Market access41
Economic scale35
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)
41.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability51
Labour stability24
Diversification83
Demographic stability9
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)
31.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density1
Airport access52
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)
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)
16.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.516.3 µg/m³
PM1024.2 µg/m³
NO214.3 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)
24.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy20.5
Jobs1.5
Education20.5
Health47
Safety62
Connectivity5.5
Environment17.3
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.9%
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 · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2044
Agriculture 5.6%Industry 13.6%Construction 9.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.7%Public · health · education 27.8%
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)
€5,656M2023
7.0% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,238M2025
0.6% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Population
259,8092025
0.6% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Unemployment rate
13.9%2025
63.5% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Employment
91,7002023
1.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Productivity / employee
€63,1792025
1.4% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Gross value added
€5,081M2023
7.1% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,081M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€283M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€692M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€532M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — construction (F)
€477M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€964M
2023 · EU pctl 35
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)
22,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 14
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,600
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)
€604M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — information & communication (J)
€67M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,254M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,410M
2023 · EU pctl 46
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,238M
2025 · EU pctl 39
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€63,179
2025 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,245M
2025 · EU pctl 33
Labour market
Employment, total persons
91,700
2023 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
29,500
2023 · EU pctl 70
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,800
2023 · EU pctl 28
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)
92,800
2025 · EU pctl 38
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,063
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise births
1,534
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise deaths
1,084
2023 · EU pctl 52
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 61
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)
129,662
2025 · EU pctl 6
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
667 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,117 kt
2025 · EU pctl 30
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).
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
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.
52
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
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)
164,967
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged 65+
65,263
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged under 15
29,579
2025 · EU pctl 44
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 78
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.6%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of total population change
-6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
1,635
2024 · EU pctl 45
Deaths
3,293
2024 · EU pctl 55
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
126 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 49
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
182,359
2100 · EU pctl 42
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
461 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
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)
355 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
46 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
24
2024 · EU pctl 91
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 62
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
44
2024 · EU pctl 8
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
24.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 45
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.2%
2021 · EU pctl 24
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