NUTS-3 ITH51 · Italy
Piacenza
Export region data (CSV)Piacenza generates €11bn of GDP across 286.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 58.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (88th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (37th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
58.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth45
Livability52.3
Market access70
Economic scale66
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 stability46
Labour stability52
Diversification55
Demographic stability44
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)
36.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access30
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)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary36
Lifelong learning65
Knowledge workers24
Scientists & engineers12
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)
52.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy66
Jobs46.5
Education42
Health88
Safety39.7
Connectivity37
Environment47
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
45
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
0.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.7 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 · 26.2%Diversified · HHI 2220
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 26.2%Construction 5.2%Trade · transport · ICT 24.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.4%Public · health · education 15.9%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,304M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€289M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,698M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,392M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — construction (F)
€534M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,528M
2023 · EU pctl 71
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,400
2024 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 77
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,300
2023 · EU pctl 65
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€45,497M
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€12,104M
2023 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€74,553M
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,244M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — information & communication (J)
€174M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,619M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,634M
2023 · EU pctl 53
Labour market
Employment, total persons
137,500
2023 · EU pctl 58
Self-employed persons
30,400
2023 · EU pctl 71
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,700
2023 · EU pctl 65
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
17.4%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,627
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise births
1,575
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise deaths
1,294
2023 · EU pctl 57
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 19
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
18
2012 · EU pctl 52
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
65 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 44
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
25.3%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
36.2%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.1%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.2%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.3%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.2%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
638,027
2025 · EU pctl 39
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
691 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 91 · 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.
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
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)
179,280
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged 65+
72,950
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged under 15
34,222
2025 · EU pctl 49
Median age of population
49.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 81
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
1,909
2024 · EU pctl 51
Deaths
3,437
2024 · EU pctl 57
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
112 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 45
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
8.2%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
358 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
860 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
212 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 29
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 66
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,238 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 73
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
61 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
474 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
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.
13
2024 · EU pctl 53
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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