NUTS-3 ITH42 · Italy
Udine
Export region data (CSV)Udine generates €20bn of GDP across 516.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (83.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (23th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth35.6
Livability45.1
Market access44
Economic scale80
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)
50.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability57
Labour stability64
Diversification56
Demographic stability25
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)
38.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
Airport access67
Market access44
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)
29.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary31
Lifelong learning69
Knowledge workers16
Scientists & engineers2
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)
22.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.516.1 µg/m³
PM1019.5 µg/m³
NO213.7 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)
45.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59
Jobs35.5
Education34.5
Health83.5
Safety44.3
Connectivity36
Environment23
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
35.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.0 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2212
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 24.9%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 20.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.4%Public · health · education 20.9%
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).
All indicators · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,525M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,371M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,025M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — construction (F)
€1,024M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,589M
2023 · EU pctl 79
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,800
2024 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 71
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,700
2023 · EU pctl 58
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,531M
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,200M
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€18,713M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,067M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — information & communication (J)
€252M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,626M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,667M
2023 · EU pctl 79
Labour market
Employment, total persons
240,800
2023 · EU pctl 79
Self-employed persons
53,600
2023 · EU pctl 89
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,500
2023 · EU pctl 85
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.8%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
12.9%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
39,420
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise births
2,553
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise deaths
2,297
2023 · EU pctl 72
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 22
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
39
2012 · EU pctl 70
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
72 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 46
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
24.1%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.2%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.7%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.1%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.3%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,135,131
2025 · EU pctl 90
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
695 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 92 · 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.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
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)
316,550
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
145,679
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged under 15
54,094
2025 · EU pctl 69
Median age of population
52.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 94
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.0%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
2,851
2024 · EU pctl 69
Deaths
6,303
2024 · EU pctl 83
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.1%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
109 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 44
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
11.6%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
280 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
899 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
216 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.9 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
895 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 56
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
61 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
153 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 79
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 58
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 62
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