NUTS-3 ITH32 · Italy
Vicenza
Vicenza generates €36bn of GDP across 854.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +3.9%/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 digital connectivity (18.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader85 → 73 EU percentile since 1995 (-12 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)
Industrial base97
Economic base82
Demographic outlook77
Freight intensity57
Cost advantage56
Growth momentum49
Energy cost46
Quality of life46
Resilience43
Connectivity41
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)
63.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.8
Livability45.9
Market access66
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)
42.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability63
Labour stability54
Diversification11
Demographic stability43
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)
40.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density0
Airport access56
Market access66
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)
45.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs50
Education22.5
Health94.5
Safety47.7
Connectivity18.5
Environment25
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
48.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.0%
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: Industry · 40.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2675
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 40.6%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 17.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.3%Public · health · education 12.2%
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)
€36,361M2023
6.5% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€32,754M2025
0.6% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Population
854,1632025
0.1% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
21.4% 1y 12.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
425,1002023
1.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Productivity / employee
€87,7202025
1.4% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Gross value added
€32,665M2023
6.6% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€32,665M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€433M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — industry (B–E)
€13,253M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€12,799M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — construction (F)
€1,619M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,778M
2023 · EU pctl 88
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)
44,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 82
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,600
2023 · EU pctl 70
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)
€3,720M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — information & communication (J)
€500M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,603M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,977M
2023 · EU pctl 82
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€32,754M
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€87,720
2025 · EU pctl 60
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€8,517M
2025 · EU pctl 92
Labour market
Employment, total persons
425,100
2023 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
90,900
2023 · EU pctl 96
Employment in manufacturing (C)
145,900
2023 · EU pctl 99
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)
405,200
2025 · EU pctl 91
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
70,874
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise births
4,195
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise deaths
3,873
2023 · EU pctl 83
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.4%
2023 · EU pctl 17
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)
2,359,230
2025 · EU pctl 73
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
680 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,782 kt
2025 · EU pctl 94
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
40 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
546,454
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged 65+
204,177
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged under 15
103,532
2025 · EU pctl 88
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.4%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Crude rate of total population change
0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Live births
5,721
2024 · EU pctl 89
Deaths
8,385
2024 · EU pctl 91
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
314 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 75
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
795,121
2100 · EU pctl 92
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
0.1 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 22
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.5 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 61
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
995 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
270 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 37
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
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.
17
2024 · EU pctl 75
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 82
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
207 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
7.9%
2021 · EU pctl 81
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