NUTS-3 ITH31 · Italy
Verona
Verona generates €38bn of GDP across 928.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (94.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (17th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller86 → 70 EU percentile since 1995 (-16 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 outlook93
Freight intensity90
Economic base80
Industrial base61
Connectivity57
Cost advantage56
Resilience56
Growth momentum49
Energy cost46
Quality of life44
Digital readiness37
Talent & skills27
Labour market23
Governance20
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)
63.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.2
Livability43.5
Market access70
Economic scale92
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)
55.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability65
Labour stability53
Diversification56
Demographic stability49
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density7
Airport access95
Market access70
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)
27.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary24
Lifelong learning67
Knowledge workers10
Scientists & engineers8
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)
43.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy62
Jobs50
Education22.5
Health94.5
Safety36.7
Connectivity22
Environment17
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
49.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.4 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 · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2212
Agriculture 3.1%Industry 21.6%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 27.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.5%Public · health · education 14.9%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€38,470M2023
7.0% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€34,653M2025
0.6% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Population
928,6222025
0.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
30.8% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
465,2002023
1.8% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Productivity / employee
€84,8082025
1.4% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Gross value added
€34,559M2023
7.1% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€34,559M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,083M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,479M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,842M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€2,080M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,612M
2023 · EU pctl 94
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,500
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 80
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,500
2023 · EU pctl 68
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€45,490M
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€10,941M
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€75,959M
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,056M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — information & communication (J)
€719M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,159M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,144M
2023 · EU pctl 87
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€34,653M
2025 · EU pctl 93
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€84,808
2025 · EU pctl 52
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€9,011M
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour market
Employment, total persons
465,200
2023 · EU pctl 93
Self-employed persons
103,000
2023 · EU pctl 97
Employment in manufacturing (C)
83,400
2023 · EU pctl 97
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
71.8%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.7%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
440,100
2025 · EU pctl 93
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
78,377
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise births
5,704
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise deaths
4,384
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 29
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
21.8%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
33.3%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.3%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.0%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.5%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
19,903,538
2025 · EU pctl 98
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
680 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
50,221 kt
2025 · EU pctl 99
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
40 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
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)
593,579
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
218,996
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged under 15
116,047
2025 · EU pctl 90
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 69
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of total population change
1.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
6,149
2024 · EU pctl 90
Deaths
9,010
2024 · EU pctl 93
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
319 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 76
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,114,832
2100 · EU pctl 95
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
307 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
825 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
200 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
51.5 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,531 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
55 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 73 · 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)
84 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
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.
19
2024 · EU pctl 83
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 78
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
397 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
11.2%
2021 · EU pctl 89
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