NUTS-3 ITF51 · Italy
Potenza
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable43 → 35 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 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
Quality of life42
Growth momentum41
Economic base40
Industrial base40
Resilience35
Demographic outlook24
Governance20
Connectivity19
Talent & skills18
Freight intensity17
Digital readiness8
Labour market3
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)
43.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.8
Livability41.7
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density13
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)
41.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy35
Jobs19.5
Education8.5
Health78.5
Safety53
Connectivity10.5
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€10,165M2023
6.7% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,871M2025
0.6% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Population
340,9092025
0.7% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Unemployment rate
5.3%2025
18.5% 1y 9.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Employment
133,5002023
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Productivity / employee
€77,1642025
1.4% 1y 6.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Gross value added
€9,132M2023
6.7% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,871M
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€77,164
2025 · EU pctl 37
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,143M
2025 · EU pctl 72
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
135,600
2025 · EU pctl 54
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 23 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,928 kt
2025 · EU pctl 37
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
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
7 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
205,359
2100 · EU pctl 47
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
315 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
34.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 58
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 5
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