NUTS-3 ITF52 · Italy
Matera
Matera generates €4.7bn of GDP across 189.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 7.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (78.5th EU percentile) and weakest for education (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable37 → 27 EU percentile since 1995 (-10 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 momentum53
Demographic outlook50
Energy cost46
Resilience46
Quality of life39
Connectivity28
Economic base23
Industrial base22
Governance20
Talent & skills18
Freight intensity9
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)
36.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.6
Livability38.8
Market access27
Economic scale28
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)
45.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability49
Labour stability23
Diversification94
Demographic stability17
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)
27.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density31
Airport access25
Market access27
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)
38.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy26.5
Jobs19.5
Education8.5
Health78.5
Safety41
Connectivity19.5
Environment78
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
52.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 22.4%Diversified · HHI 1894
Agriculture 9.4%Industry 16.1%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 22.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22%Public · health · education 22.4%
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)
€4,671M2023
5.3% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,076M2025
0.6% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Population
189,0952025
0.5% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Unemployment rate
5.3%2025
26.4% 1y 9.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Employment
74,4002023
1.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Productivity / employee
€63,6232025
1.4% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Gross value added
€4,196M2023
5.4% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,196M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€396M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — industry (B–E)
€676M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€440M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — construction (F)
€323M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€941M
2023 · EU pctl 34
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)
25,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 23
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,500
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
€400M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — information & communication (J)
€51M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€922M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€939M
2023 · EU pctl 29
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,076M
2025 · EU pctl 29
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€63,623
2025 · EU pctl 27
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,444M
2025 · EU pctl 39
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,400
2023 · EU pctl 32
Self-employed persons
20,500
2023 · EU pctl 58
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,700
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
75,500
2025 · EU pctl 29
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,507
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise births
998
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise deaths
707
2023 · EU pctl 39
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 40
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)
2,083,051
2025 · EU pctl 70
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.
332
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,009 kt
2025 · EU pctl 12
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
176
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
7 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
81
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
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)
119,797
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
47,960
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged under 15
21,338
2025 · EU pctl 31
Median age of population
48.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of total population change
-4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Live births
1,147
2024 · EU pctl 30
Deaths
2,061
2024 · EU pctl 34
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
2024 · EU pctl 13
Population density (persons per km²)
55 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 19
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
137,516
2100 · EU pctl 30
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
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)
100 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
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.
8
2024 · EU pctl 22
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
65
2024 · EU pctl 89
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
21.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 39
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.2%
2021 · EU pctl 25
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