NUTS-3 ITF43 · Italy
Taranto
Taranto generates €12bn of GDP across 550.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 41.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (74.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (4th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable33 → 26 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 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 advantage70
Energy cost46
Growth momentum45
Resilience29
Quality of life28
Air quality26
Demographic outlook22
Connectivity22
Governance20
Economic base17
Industrial base14
Digital readiness13
Talent & skills12
Freight intensity9
Labour market2
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)
41.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.8
Livability28.3
Market access24
Economic scale68
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)
28.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability44
Labour stability14
Diversification36
Demographic stability21
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)
22
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density11
Airport access31
Market access24
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)
12
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary8
Lifelong learning25
Knowledge workers11
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
26
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.1 µg/m³
PM1021.1 µg/m³
NO214.6 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)
28.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy23.5
Jobs4
Education10.5
Health74.5
Safety47.3
Connectivity12
Environment26.3
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
44.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-4.1 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: Public · health · education · 33.1%Diversified · HHI 2336
Agriculture 3.6%Industry 12.2%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 20.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.8%Public · health · education 33.1%
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)
€12,392M2023
1.3% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€11,260M2025
0.6% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Population
550,4362025
0.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Unemployment rate
10.0%2025
16.3% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Employment
195,4002023
0.6% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Productivity / employee
€65,4102025
1.4% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Gross value added
€11,132M2023
1.3% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,132M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€397M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,358M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€898M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — construction (F)
€617M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,307M
2023 · EU pctl 68
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€17,200
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 17
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,300
2023 · EU pctl 23
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€21,133M
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,693M
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€36,660M
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,479M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — information & communication (J)
€126M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,762M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,690M
2023 · EU pctl 80
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,260M
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€65,410
2025 · EU pctl 28
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,886M
2025 · EU pctl 69
Labour market
Employment, total persons
195,400
2023 · EU pctl 72
Self-employed persons
44,800
2023 · EU pctl 84
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,500
2023 · EU pctl 65
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
56.8%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
32.6%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
10.0%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
203,000
2025 · EU pctl 72
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
31,938
2023 · EU pctl 74
Enterprise births
2,642
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise deaths
1,867
2023 · EU pctl 67
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 53
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
18.5%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
8.2%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.2%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.5%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,653,545
2025 · EU pctl 64
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
649 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · 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.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,742 kt
2025 · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
16 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
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)
345,506
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged 65+
141,126
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged under 15
63,804
2025 · EU pctl 73
Median age of population
49.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 78
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
3,215
2024 · EU pctl 72
Deaths
6,135
2024 · EU pctl 82
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
2025 · EU pctl 51
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
226 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 68
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
337,147
2100 · EU pctl 69
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
274 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
946 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
211 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
790 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
62 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · 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)
9 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 83
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 64
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 86
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
39.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 62
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.8%
2021 · EU pctl 17
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