NUTS-3 ITF47 · Italy
Bari
Bari generates €34bn of GDP across 1.2m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.4%/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 stable45 → 34 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
Growth momentum55
Energy cost46
Demographic outlook43
Resilience42
Connectivity40
Economic base34
Industrial base26
Quality of life26
Governance20
Air quality16
Freight intensity14
Digital readiness13
Talent & skills12
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)
50.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55.2
Livability26
Market access29
Economic scale91
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 stability61
Labour stability15
Diversification57
Demographic stability34
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)
40
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
Airport access86
Market access29
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)
16
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.8 µg/m³
PM1021.9 µg/m³
NO219.9 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)
26
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32
Jobs4
Education10.5
Health74.5
Safety35
Connectivity9
Environment16.7
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
55.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 27.7%Diversified · HHI 2209
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 13.9%Construction 8.1%Trade · transport · ICT 27.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.9%Public · health · education 22.6%
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)
€33,939M2023
7.5% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€30,838M2025
0.6% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Population
1,219,5452025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Unemployment rate
10.0%2025
61.3% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Employment
514,3002023
2.5% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Productivity / employee
€68,0642025
1.4% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Gross value added
€30,489M2023
7.6% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€30,489M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€557M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,239M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,529M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — construction (F)
€2,470M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,451M
2023 · EU pctl 93
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)
28,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 34
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,700
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
€3,475M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,095M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,882M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,889M
2023 · EU pctl 92
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€30,838M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€68,064
2025 · EU pctl 29
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,904M
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour market
Employment, total persons
514,300
2023 · EU pctl 94
Self-employed persons
124,100
2023 · EU pctl 98
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,000
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
456,700
2025 · EU pctl 93
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
89,565
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise births
6,476
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise deaths
4,966
2023 · EU pctl 88
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2023 · EU pctl 44
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)
5,236,772
2025 · EU pctl 88
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.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,796 kt
2025 · EU pctl 80
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
16 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
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.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
777,459
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged 65+
295,250
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
146,836
2025 · EU pctl 94
Median age of population
48.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 71
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
-1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Live births
7,902
2024 · EU pctl 93
Deaths
12,349
2024 · EU pctl 97
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.9%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.17
2024 · EU pctl 17
Population density (persons per km²)
316 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 75
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
873,611
2100 · EU pctl 93
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
2023 · EU pctl 38
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
31.4 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,350 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77
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)
246 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
22
2024 · EU pctl 85
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 87
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 81
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
60.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 76
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.0%
2021 · EU pctl 50
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