NUTS-3 ITF62 · Italy
Crotone
Export region data (CSV)Crotone generates €3.3bn of GDP across 161.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 24.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +2.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (66.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (3.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
24.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.4
Livability28.1
Market access12
Economic scale18
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)
36.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability41
Labour stability7
Diversification87
Demographic stability12
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density31
Airport access35
Market access12
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)
28.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy20
Jobs3.5
Education7.5
Health66.5
Safety53
Connectivity18
Environment—
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
39.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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 · 27.7%Diversified · HHI 2002
Agriculture 9.4%Industry 10.7%Construction 8.3%Trade · transport · ICT 21.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.3%Public · health · education 27.7%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,007M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€284M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€323M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€146M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — construction (F)
€249M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€649M
2023 · EU pctl 22
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)
21,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 12
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,600
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
€410M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — information & communication (J)
€21M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€671M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€832M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
53,500
2023 · EU pctl 18
Self-employed persons
16,200
2023 · EU pctl 52
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,400
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
9,432
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise births
943
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
489
2023 · EU pctl 26
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 58
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2011 · EU pctl 11
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
7 /M pop
2011 · EU pctl 16
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)
736,137
2025 · EU pctl 43
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.
275
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
170
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
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)
102,825
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged 65+
37,084
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
21,989
2025 · EU pctl 32
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 51
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of total population change
0.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
1,227
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
1,717
2024 · EU pctl 26
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
94 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 38
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
432 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
118 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
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