NUTS-3 ITG2H · Italy
Sud Sardegna
Export region data (CSV)Sud Sardegna generates €6.5bn of GDP across 329.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 33.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (96th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (6.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
33.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45.2
Livability38.5
Market access9
Economic scale41
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability64
Labour stability24
Diversification78
Demographic stability11
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density49
Airport access81
Market access9
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
Economy21
Jobs6.5
Education11
Health81.5
Safety12
Connectivity41.5
Environment96
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
45.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.9%
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 · 27.9%Diversified · HHI 2088
Agriculture 8.4%Industry 10.3%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 21.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.2%Public · health · education 27.9%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,826M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€491M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — industry (B–E)
€598M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€396M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€414M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,232M
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
20,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 9
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,500
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
€982M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — information & communication (J)
€28M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,468M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,626M
2023 · EU pctl 53
Labour market
Employment, total persons
99,300
2023 · EU pctl 44
Self-employed persons
27,500
2023 · EU pctl 68
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,500
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
17,500
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise births
1,249
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise deaths
1,008
2023 · EU pctl 50
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 53
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)
3,229,739
2025 · EU pctl 79
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.
1,295
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
393
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
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)
201,707
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged 65+
97,615
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
30,234
2025 · EU pctl 44
Median age of population
52.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 96
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.4%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
-6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude birth rate
4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
1,378
2024 · EU pctl 38
Deaths
4,344
2024 · EU pctl 69
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.89
2024 · EU pctl 1
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
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
72 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
55 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
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 4
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 86
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