NUTS-3 ITH37 · Italy
Rovigo
Rovigo generates €7.2bn of GDP across 227.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.1%/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 education (22.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller69 → 44 EU percentile since 1995 (-25 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 base68
Cost advantage56
Resilience54
Economic base49
Freight intensity49
Energy cost46
Quality of life46
Connectivity40
Growth momentum37
Digital readiness37
Talent & skills27
Labour market23
Demographic outlook20
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)
47
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth37
Livability45.8
Market access59
Economic scale46
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)
53.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability60
Labour stability54
Diversification76
Demographic stability24
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
Airport access48
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)
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)
45.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy46.5
Jobs50
Education22.5
Health94.5
Safety57.7
Connectivity25.5
Environment24
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
37
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
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 · 25.2%Diversified · HHI 2099
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 25.2%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 21.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.7%Public · health · education 18.2%
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)
€7,214M2023
7.5% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,499M2025
0.6% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Population
227,1342025
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
47.7% 1y 13.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
95,7002023
0.3% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Productivity / employee
€77,3092025
1.4% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Gross value added
€6,481M2023
7.6% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,481M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€226M
2023 · EU pctl 64
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,631M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,413M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — construction (F)
€445M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,398M
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
32,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 49
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,700
2023 · EU pctl 41
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)
€823M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — information & communication (J)
€65M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,603M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,177M
2023 · EU pctl 38
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,499M
2025 · EU pctl 49
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€77,309
2025 · EU pctl 37
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,690M
2025 · EU pctl 47
Labour market
Employment, total persons
95,700
2023 · EU pctl 42
Self-employed persons
23,600
2023 · EU pctl 62
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,200
2023 · EU pctl 56
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)
103,300
2025 · EU pctl 42
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,145
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise births
926
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
929
2023 · EU pctl 47
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)
1,534,490
2025 · EU pctl 63
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.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,363 kt
2025 · EU pctl 45
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)
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.
57
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
139,291
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged 65+
65,038
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged under 15
22,805
2025 · EU pctl 33
Median age of population
52.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 95
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.7%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude birth rate
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Live births
1,107
2024 · EU pctl 29
Deaths
2,913
2024 · EU pctl 49
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.1%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
144 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 54
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
151,002
2100 · EU pctl 35
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
0.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.7 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 42
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
853 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
3 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
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 76
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
48
2024 · EU pctl 18
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
81.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
62.3%
2021 · EU pctl 100
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