NUTS-3 ITF61 · Italy
Cosenza
Export region data (CSV)Cosenza generates €13bn of GDP across 669.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (81th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (3.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
42.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43.2
Livability38
Market access19
Economic scale70
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)
31.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability64
Labour stability7
Diversification38
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)
33.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density53
Airport access29
Market access19
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)
13
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary6
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers7
Scientists & engineers6
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
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy18.5
Jobs3.5
Education7.5
Health66.5
Safety60
Connectivity29
Environment81
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
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-10.1 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 · 28.8%Diversified · HHI 2321
Agriculture 4.4%Industry 7.2%Construction 7.5%Trade · transport · ICT 24.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.8%Public · health · education 28.8%
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)
€11,750M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€519M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — industry (B–E)
€844M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€489M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — construction (F)
€879M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,862M
2023 · EU pctl 75
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€16,400
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 9
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,500
2023 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,676M
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€460M
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,341M
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,748M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — information & communication (J)
€273M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,264M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,383M
2023 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
217,400
2023 · EU pctl 75
Self-employed persons
65,600
2023 · EU pctl 92
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,300
2023 · EU pctl 30
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
51.7%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
28.1%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
43,698
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise births
3,732
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise deaths
2,564
2023 · EU pctl 74
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 54
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 33
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
10 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 20
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.3%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
18.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
25.7%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.1%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
88.0%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,561,562
2025 · EU pctl 81
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
750 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 98 · 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.
2,912
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
435
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
76
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
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)
423,605
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
166,279
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged under 15
79,651
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 73
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.3%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
4,252
2024 · EU pctl 80
Deaths
7,810
2024 · EU pctl 90
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.1%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
100 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 41
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
45.3%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
244 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
968 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
204 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
488 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
333 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
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 19
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
69
2024 · EU pctl 93
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