NUTS-3 ITH54 · Italy
Modena
Export region data (CSV)Modena generates €34bn of GDP across 708.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.6/100 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 (10th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
63.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.8
Livability45.7
Market access65
Economic scale91
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)
38.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability40
Labour stability52
Diversification16
Demographic stability46
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density1
Airport access79
Market access65
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)
45.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy72
Jobs46.5
Education42
Health88
Safety28.7
Connectivity32.5
Environment10
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
52.8
/ 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 · 38.4%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2581
Agriculture 1.3%Industry 38.4%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 16.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.2%Public · health · education 12.1%
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)
€30,805M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€393M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€11,844M
2023 · EU pctl 97
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,438M
2023 · EU pctl 98
GVA — construction (F)
€1,928M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,153M
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
50,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 89
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,600
2023 · EU pctl 82
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)
€3,736M
2023 · EU pctl 87
GVA — information & communication (J)
€562M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,768M
2023 · EU pctl 91
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,719M
2023 · EU pctl 80
Labour market
Employment, total persons
362,200
2023 · EU pctl 90
Self-employed persons
76,200
2023 · EU pctl 94
Employment in manufacturing (C)
102,100
2023 · EU pctl 98
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)
59,441
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise births
4,156
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise deaths
3,423
2023 · EU pctl 80
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
107
2012 · EU pctl 92
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
155 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 66
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)
2,115,708
2025 · EU pctl 71
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.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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)
451,205
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged 65+
169,492
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged under 15
87,643
2025 · EU pctl 83
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 70
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.6%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
4,809
2024 · EU pctl 84
Deaths
7,573
2024 · EU pctl 89
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population density (persons per km²)
264 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 72
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 52
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
48.1 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 81
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,559 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
61 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
84 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
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.
21
2024 · EU pctl 90
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 13
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