NUTS-3 ITG15 · Italy
Caltanissetta
Caltanissetta generates €5.1bn of GDP across 245.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 33.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 7.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (58.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (2.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller36 → 23 EU percentile since 1995 (-14 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 advantage71
Growth momentum52
Energy cost46
Resilience36
Demographic outlook32
Quality of life29
Governance20
Connectivity13
Economic base11
Digital readiness9
Talent & skills7
Industrial base7
Labour market1
Freight intensity1
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)
33.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.8
Livability28.7
Market access21
Economic scale31
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)
35.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability46
Labour stability16
Diversification69
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)
12.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density1
Airport access16
Market access21
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)
7
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary6
Lifelong learning16
Knowledge workers5
Scientists & engineers1
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)
28.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy20
Jobs2.5
Education13
Health58.5
Safety49
Connectivity5
Environment53
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
51.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+3.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-5.9 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 · 29.3%Diversified · HHI 2141
Agriculture 6.2%Industry 9.5%Construction 9.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.3%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)
€5,072M2023
7.4% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,759M2025
0.6% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Population
245,4212025
0.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Unemployment rate
12.1%2025
1.6% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Employment
74,3002023
0.8% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Productivity / employee
€69,4492025
1.4% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Gross value added
€4,556M2023
7.5% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,556M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€282M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€434M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€241M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€426M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€879M
2023 · EU pctl 31
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€16,800
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 11
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,400
2023 · EU pctl 20
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€24,161M
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,214M
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€40,753M
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€686M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — information & communication (J)
€51M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,200M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,335M
2023 · EU pctl 44
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,759M
2025 · EU pctl 35
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€69,449
2025 · EU pctl 30
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,162M
2025 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,300
2023 · EU pctl 32
Self-employed persons
18,800
2023 · EU pctl 55
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,500
2023 · EU pctl 13
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
54.1%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
33.8%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
12.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
87,300
2025 · EU pctl 36
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,701
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise births
1,166
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise deaths
788
2023 · EU pctl 43
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 55
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
24.0%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
15.8%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
90.9%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
275,528
2025 · EU pctl 17
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
733 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
992 kt
2025 · EU pctl 4
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
28 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
96
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
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)
156,417
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged 65+
58,686
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
30,318
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 66
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.5%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Crude rate of total population change
-6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
1,640
2024 · EU pctl 45
Deaths
2,797
2024 · EU pctl 47
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.9%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
2024 · EU pctl 21
Population density (persons per km²)
116 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 46
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
164,385
2100 · EU pctl 38
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
288 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,031 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
209 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
533 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · 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)
413 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
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.
12
2024 · EU pctl 47
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
67
2024 · EU pctl 92
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
10.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 5
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