NUTS-3 ITG2F · Italy
Cagliari
Cagliari generates €14bn of GDP across 417.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.9/100 is mid-table 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 6.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (81.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (6.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable62 → 54 EU percentile since 1995 (-8 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 advantage67
Economic base60
Connectivity52
Growth momentum50
Energy cost46
Quality of life39
Digital readiness34
Resilience29
Governance20
Talent & skills20
Industrial base14
Freight intensity13
Labour market4
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)
42.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50
Livability38.5
Market access10
Economic scale73
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)
29.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability35
Labour stability24
Diversification28
Demographic stability30
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)
51.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density52
Airport access93
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)
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)
38.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy46.5
Jobs6.5
Education11
Health81.5
Safety29.3
Connectivity43
Environment52
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
50
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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 · 29.7%Diversified · HHI 2402
Agriculture 0.6%Industry 11.3%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 25.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.6%Public · health · education 29.7%
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)
€14,422M2023
6.5% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€13,498M2025
0.6% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Population
417,5322025
0.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Unemployment rate
9.2%2025
1.1% 1y 8.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Employment
206,0002023
1.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Productivity / employee
€72,0132025
1.4% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Gross value added
€12,956M2023
6.6% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,956M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€79M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,460M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,078M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — construction (F)
€836M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,283M
2023 · EU pctl 78
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)
35,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 60
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€34,400
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
€1,449M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — information & communication (J)
€483M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,452M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,846M
2023 · EU pctl 81
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€13,498M
2025 · EU pctl 75
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€72,013
2025 · EU pctl 31
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,545M
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour market
Employment, total persons
206,000
2023 · EU pctl 74
Self-employed persons
42,300
2023 · EU pctl 82
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,500
2023 · EU pctl 27
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
179,900
2025 · EU pctl 67
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
33,875
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise births
2,825
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise deaths
2,037
2023 · EU pctl 69
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 55
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 22 · 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)
2,725,520
2025 · EU pctl 75
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.
1,765
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,306 kt
2025 · EU pctl 39
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
423
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
13
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
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)
268,163
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged 65+
108,884
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged under 15
40,485
2025 · EU pctl 56
Median age of population
51.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 91
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.6%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of total population change
-3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude birth rate
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Live births
1,819
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
4,289
2024 · EU pctl 68
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.7%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.84
2024 · EU pctl 0
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
293 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20 · 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
0.7 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 52
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
37.8 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,212 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 72
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
72 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 88 · 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)
393 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
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 48
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 38
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
22.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.5%
2021 · EU pctl 12
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