NUTS-3 ITH36 · Italy
Padova
Export region data (CSV)Padova generates €39bn of GDP across 932.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.7/100 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 clean environment (14th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
61.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.8
Livability44
Market access61
Economic scale93
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)
49.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability53
Labour stability53
Diversification48
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)
48
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density19
Airport access64
Market access61
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)
44
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy62
Jobs50
Education22.5
Health94.5
Safety36.7
Connectivity28
Environment14
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
+0.2 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 · 27.5%Diversified · HHI 2260
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 27.5%Construction 6.4%Trade · transport · ICT 23.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.2%Public · health · education 15.1%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€35,168M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€499M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,668M
2023 · EU pctl 96
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,075M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — construction (F)
€2,247M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,239M
2023 · EU pctl 92
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)
43,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 80
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,000
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
€4,045M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,208M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€9,198M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,316M
2023 · EU pctl 88
Labour market
Employment, total persons
468,500
2023 · EU pctl 93
Self-employed persons
109,800
2023 · EU pctl 97
Employment in manufacturing (C)
103,700
2023 · EU pctl 98
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
84,949
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise births
5,716
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise deaths
4,878
2023 · EU pctl 88
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 25
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
106
2012 · EU pctl 92
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
116 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 57
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
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)
5,280,130
2025 · EU pctl 88
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
680 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 88 · 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.
129
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
42
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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)
594,259
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
229,714
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged under 15
108,311
2025 · EU pctl 89
Median age of population
49.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 81
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Live births
5,677
2024 · EU pctl 89
Deaths
9,549
2024 · EU pctl 94
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.9%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
443 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 81
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.6%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21 · 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
0.6 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 48
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.1 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,130 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 69
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
55 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
15 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
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.
20
2024 · EU pctl 86
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 25
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