NUTS-3 ITF63 · Italy
Catanzaro
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard29 → 28 EU percentile since 1995 (-1 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 advantage72
Energy cost46
Connectivity45
Growth momentum43
Demographic outlook43
Quality of life39
Resilience31
Economic base22
Governance20
Talent & skills13
Freight intensity6
Digital readiness5
Industrial base4
Labour market0
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
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€8,227M2023
7.1% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,464M2025
0.6% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Population
339,7412025
0.3% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Unemployment rate
9.9%2025
44.1% 1y 13.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Employment
126,8002023
1.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Productivity / employee
€66,8602025
1.4% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Gross value added
€7,391M2023
7.2% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,464M
2025 · EU pctl 54
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€66,860
2025 · EU pctl 28
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,856M
2025 · EU pctl 51
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.9%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
114,600
2025 · EU pctl 47
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 12 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,943 kt
2025 · EU pctl 19
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
275
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
19 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
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 25
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
235,235
2100 · EU pctl 54
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
2024 · 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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
18.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.4%
2021 · EU pctl 11
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