NUTS-3 ITH52 · Italy
Parma
Export region data (CSV)Parma generates €21bn of GDP across 455.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.4%/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 clean environment (27th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
62.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.6
Livability48.7
Market access67
Economic scale82
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)
46.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability57
Labour stability52
Diversification31
Demographic stability47
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)
31.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density11
Airport access16
Market access67
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)
48.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy71.5
Jobs46.5
Education42
Health88
Safety28.7
Connectivity37.5
Environment27
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
52.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 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 · 32.9%Diversified · HHI 2372
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 32.9%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 19.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.3%Public · health · education 13.1%
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)
€19,300M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€462M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,353M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,967M
2023 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€1,080M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,800M
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
49,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 88
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,400
2023 · EU pctl 80
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)
€2,172M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — information & communication (J)
€496M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,078M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,524M
2023 · EU pctl 68
Labour market
Employment, total persons
236,100
2023 · EU pctl 78
Self-employed persons
49,100
2023 · EU pctl 86
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,200
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
37,211
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise births
2,580
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise deaths
2,197
2023 · EU pctl 72
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 34
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
77
2012 · EU pctl 86
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
179 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 71
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)
1,715,574
2025 · EU pctl 65
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.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
96
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
291,850
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged 65+
107,557
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged under 15
56,306
2025 · EU pctl 70
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 68
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of total population change
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
3,068
2024 · EU pctl 71
Deaths
5,030
2024 · EU pctl 74
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
133 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 51
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
0.7 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 49
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
62.6 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,701 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
61 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
139 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
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.
16
2024 · EU pctl 73
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 26
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