NUTS-3 ITF63 · Italy
Catanzaro
Export region data (CSV)Catanzaro generates €8.2bn of GDP across 339.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (95th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (3.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
36
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43
Livability39
Market access10
Economic scale52
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)
30.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability57
Labour stability7
Diversification40
Demographic stability18
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
Airport access88
Market access10
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)
39
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy25
Jobs3.5
Education7.5
Health66.5
Safety54
Connectivity21.5
Environment95
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 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 · 31.8%Diversified · HHI 2312
Agriculture 4.6%Industry 8.6%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 23.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.8%Public · health · education 31.8%
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)
€7,391M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€339M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — industry (B–E)
€639M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€314M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — construction (F)
€504M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,726M
2023 · EU pctl 57
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)
25,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 22
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,100
2023 · EU pctl 26
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)
€984M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — information & communication (J)
€148M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,832M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,349M
2023 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Employment, total persons
126,800
2023 · EU pctl 53
Self-employed persons
33,100
2023 · EU pctl 74
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,100
2023 · EU pctl 16
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)
22,953
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise births
2,043
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise deaths
1,314
2023 · EU pctl 57
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 51
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
7
2012 · EU pctl 33
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
20 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 27
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)
1,383,872
2025 · EU pctl 60
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.
935
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
275
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
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)
213,018
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged 65+
85,340
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged under 15
41,383
2025 · EU pctl 58
Median age of population
48.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 73
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
2,234
2024 · EU pctl 58
Deaths
3,829
2024 · EU pctl 62
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
2024 · EU pctl 19
Population density (persons per km²)
141 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 53
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
729 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
362 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
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.
4
2024 · EU pctl 5
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
82
2024 · EU pctl 99
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