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Nuoro

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Nuoro generates €4.8bn of GDP across 195.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 30.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (86th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (6.5th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
30.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.8
Livability41.3
Market access7
Economic scale29
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability59
Labour stability24
Diversification49
Demographic stability8
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)
29.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access21
Market access7
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)
19.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary5
Lifelong learning64
Knowledge workers7
Scientists & engineers2
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)
41.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy27.5
Jobs6.5
Education11
Health81.5
Safety29.3
Connectivity47.5
Environment86
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
45.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.7 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 · 33%Diversified · HHI 2258
Agriculture 7.2%Industry 8%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 21.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.4%Public · health · education 33%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,298M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€309M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — industry (B–E)
€343M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€208M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€303M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€918M
2023 · EU pctl 32
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€18,900
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 22
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,200
2023 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,118M
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€512M
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€16,391M
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€600M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — information & communication (J)
€29M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,005M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,419M
2023 · EU pctl 47
Labour market
Employment, total persons
76,900
2023 · EU pctl 33
Self-employed persons
22,100
2023 · EU pctl 61
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,100
2023 · EU pctl 12
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
64.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.6%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,711
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise births
1,006
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise deaths
800
2023 · EU pctl 43
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 49
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
18.4%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
23.8%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
12.7%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.3%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.3%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,718,533
2025 · EU pctl 82
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
719 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 93 · 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.
1,020
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
522
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
120,431
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged 65+
54,858
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged under 15
20,042
2025 · EU pctl 28
Median age of population
51.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 93
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.6%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of total population change
-9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude birth rate
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
941
2024 · EU pctl 23
Deaths
2,476
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.98
2024 · EU pctl 2
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
29.7%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
298 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
857 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
224 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
4.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.1 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
430 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 26
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
72 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,089 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
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.
7
2024 · EU pctl 14
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
64
2024 · EU pctl 87
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