NUTS-3 ITF51 · Italy
Potenza
Export region data (CSV)Potenza generates €10bn of GDP across 340.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +2.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 7.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (87th EU percentile) and weakest for education (8.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.8
Livability41.8
Market access31
Economic scale60
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)
34.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability28
Labour stability23
Diversification79
Demographic stability8
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)
19.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
Airport access13
Market access31
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)
18.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary15
Lifelong learning42
Knowledge workers14
Scientists & engineers2
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
41.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy35
Jobs19.5
Education8.5
Health78.5
Safety53
Connectivity11
Environment87
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
40.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.4 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: Industry · 28.7%Diversified · HHI 2082
Agriculture 4.3%Industry 28.7%Construction 7.9%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.3%Public · health · education 22.5%
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).
All indicators · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,132M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€392M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,622M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,371M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€725M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,572M
2023 · EU pctl 54
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€17,300
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 40
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€29,500
2023 · EU pctl 37
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,517M
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€601M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€5,333M
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€736M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — information & communication (J)
€131M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,765M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,054M
2023 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
133,500
2023 · EU pctl 57
Self-employed persons
35,600
2023 · EU pctl 77
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,000
2023 · EU pctl 54
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
60.7%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
20.3%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,172
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise births
1,753
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise deaths
1,354
2023 · EU pctl 58
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 42
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
6
2012 · EU pctl 29
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
16 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 24
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.4%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
31.0%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
90.3%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
744,095
2025 · EU pctl 44
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
738 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 97 · 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.
25
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
105
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
215,122
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged 65+
89,739
2025 · EU pctl 69
Population aged under 15
36,048
2025 · EU pctl 51
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
-6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
1,912
2024 · EU pctl 51
Deaths
4,152
2024 · EU pctl 66
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.5%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
2024 · EU pctl 6
Population density (persons per km²)
52 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 18
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
25.1%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
309 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
906 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
197 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
318 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,148 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
7
2024 · EU pctl 13
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
75
2024 · EU pctl 97
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