NUTS-3 ITF44 · Italy
Brindisi
Brindisi generates €8.4bn of GDP across 375.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.9/100 sits in the lower tier 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 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 stable36 → 25 EU percentile since 1995 (-11 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
Connectivity48
Energy cost46
Growth momentum43
Resilience39
Demographic outlook37
Quality of life29
Air quality27
Governance20
Industrial base19
Economic base15
Digital readiness13
Talent & skills12
Freight intensity4
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)
35.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.2
Livability29.4
Market access18
Economic scale53
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)
38.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability49
Labour stability15
Diversification70
Demographic stability20
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density39
Airport access88
Market access18
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)
27
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.512.5 µg/m³
PM1023.1 µg/m³
NO211.5 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)
29.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy22.5
Jobs4
Education10.5
Health74.5
Safety40.3
Connectivity26
Environment27.7
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
43.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 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 · 27.7%Diversified · HHI 2138
Agriculture 4.4%Industry 14%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 23.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.9%Public · health · education 27.7%
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)
€8,364M2023
7.8% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,600M2025
0.6% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Population
375,5672025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Unemployment rate
10.0%2025
9.1% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Employment
133,1002023
1.4% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Productivity / employee
€64,8142025
1.4% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Gross value added
€7,514M2023
7.9% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,514M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€332M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,051M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€734M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — construction (F)
€511M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,743M
2023 · EU pctl 57
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)
22,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 15
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,100
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)
€1,006M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — information & communication (J)
€61M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,796M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,081M
2023 · EU pctl 63
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,600M
2025 · EU pctl 55
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€64,814
2025 · EU pctl 27
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,948M
2025 · EU pctl 54
Labour market
Employment, total persons
133,100
2023 · EU pctl 57
Self-employed persons
35,400
2023 · EU pctl 76
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,100
2023 · EU pctl 39
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)
139,100
2025 · EU pctl 55
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,661
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise births
2,065
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise deaths
1,500
2023 · EU pctl 61
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 42
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)
2,927,109
2025 · EU pctl 77
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
649 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,723 kt
2025 · EU pctl 17
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,058
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
282
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
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.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
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)
236,721
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged 65+
96,358
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged under 15
42,488
2025 · EU pctl 59
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 80
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of total population change
-4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
2,334
2024 · EU pctl 60
Deaths
4,313
2024 · EU pctl 68
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.7%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
203 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 65
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
249,650
2100 · EU pctl 56
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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
920 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
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)
94 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
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 62
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 88
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 44
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
72
2024 · EU pctl 96
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
22.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.5%
2021 · EU pctl 30
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