NUTS-3 ITF65 · Italy
Reggio Calabria
Reggio Calabria generates €11bn of GDP across 513k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.6%/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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable36 → 25 EU percentile since 1995 (-11 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
Demographic outlook67
Energy cost46
Growth momentum46
Resilience28
Quality of life28
Connectivity26
Governance20
Economic base15
Talent & skills13
Digital readiness5
Industrial base4
Freight intensity3
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)
38.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.6
Livability27.7
Market access14
Economic scale65
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)
27.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability62
Labour stability7
Diversification27
Demographic stability15
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)
25.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
Airport access27
Market access14
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)
27.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy21.5
Jobs3.5
Education7.5
Health66.5
Safety44.3
Connectivity20.5
Environment30
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
45.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 30.9%Diversified · HHI 2410
Agriculture 6.3%Industry 5.8%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 30.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.2%Public · health · education 29.3%
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)
€11,380M2023
7.7% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,324M2025
0.6% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Population
512,9562025
0.4% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Unemployment rate
9.8%2025
1.0% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Employment
173,2002023
2.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Productivity / employee
€67,7062025
1.4% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
Gross value added
€10,223M2023
7.8% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,223M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€640M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — industry (B–E)
€589M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€421M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — construction (F)
€568M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,163M
2023 · EU pctl 77
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)
22,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 15
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,000
2023 · EU pctl 22
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)
€1,319M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — information & communication (J)
€79M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,265M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,996M
2023 · EU pctl 74
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,324M
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€67,706
2025 · EU pctl 29
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,567M
2025 · EU pctl 65
Labour market
Employment, total persons
173,200
2023 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
48,900
2023 · EU pctl 86
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,500
2023 · EU pctl 24
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)
9.8%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
173,700
2025 · EU pctl 66
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,301
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise births
2,771
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise deaths
1,785
2023 · EU pctl 66
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
726,315
2025 · EU pctl 43
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
750 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,316 kt
2025 · EU pctl 23
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,291
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
252
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
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.
78
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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)
322,860
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
123,346
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged under 15
66,750
2025 · EU pctl 75
Median age of population
47.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 62
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.2%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of total population change
-4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
3,850
2024 · EU pctl 77
Deaths
5,825
2024 · EU pctl 80
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.9%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
160 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 57
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
403,382
2100 · EU pctl 75
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
679 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
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)
559 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
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.
16
2024 · EU pctl 70
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
31
2024 · EU pctl 1
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
11.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.4%
2021 · EU pctl 28
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