NUTS-3 ITH10 · Italy
Bolzano-Bozen
Bolzano-Bozen generates €33bn of GDP across 539.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65.1/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +5.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (97th EU percentile) and weakest for education (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader92 → 90 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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)
Demographic outlook97
Economic base95
Freight intensity76
Resilience68
Growth momentum60
Labour market57
Quality of life52
Energy cost46
Connectivity36
Industrial base25
Digital readiness23
Air quality22
Governance20
Talent & skills17
Cost advantage8
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)
65.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.8
Livability51.5
Market access59
Economic scale90
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)
68
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability57
Labour stability83
Diversification72
Demographic stability60
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
Airport access36
Market access59
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)
17
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary6
Lifelong learning59
Knowledge workers3
Scientists & engineers0
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
22
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511 µg/m³
PM1015.9 µg/m³
NO223 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
51.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy93.5
Jobs78.5
Education8.5
Health97
Safety42.3
Connectivity18.5
Environment22.3
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
59.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.9 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 28.8%Diversified · HHI 2126
Agriculture 4.6%Industry 15.8%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 28.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.9%Public · health · education 20.3%
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)
€32,936M2023
10.5% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€28,188M2025
0.6% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Population
539,6792025
0.4% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Unemployment rate
1.8%2025
10.0% 1y 13.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
Employment
317,4002023
2.8% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Productivity / employee
€105,9512025
1.4% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Gross value added
€29,588M2023
10.6% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€29,588M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,356M
2023 · EU pctl 99
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,678M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,403M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — construction (F)
€1,967M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,516M
2023 · EU pctl 93
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,300
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
63,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,500
2023 · EU pctl 93
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,943M
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€744M
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€12,272M
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,743M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — information & communication (J)
€469M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,078M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,993M
2023 · EU pctl 90
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€28,188M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€105,951
2025 · EU pctl 87
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,082M
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour market
Employment, total persons
317,400
2023 · EU pctl 87
Self-employed persons
69,700
2023 · EU pctl 93
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,000
2023 · EU pctl 80
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.1%
2021 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.8%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
265,600
2025 · EU pctl 80
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
46,847
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise births
2,911
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise deaths
2,271
2023 · EU pctl 72
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 19
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.4%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · 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)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
14.1%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.4%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
38,239,379
2025 · EU pctl 100
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
763 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,531 kt
2025 · EU pctl 91
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
43
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
25 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
68
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
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)
345,749
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged 65+
113,278
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged under 15
80,652
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 42
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.8%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of total population change
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
4,537
2024 · EU pctl 82
Deaths
4,552
2024 · EU pctl 71
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.51
2024 · EU pctl 73
Population density (persons per km²)
73 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 29
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
793,254
2100 · EU pctl 92
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
316 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
808 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
195 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 30
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.2 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,123 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 68
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
59 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · 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)
1,563 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
172 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 60
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 93
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 26
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
38.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 61
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.6%
2021 · EU pctl 77
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