NUTS-3 ITI11 · Italy
Massa-Carrara
Massa-Carrara generates €5.9bn of GDP across 186.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by market access and livability. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89.5th EU percentile) and weakest for education (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable44 → 44 EU percentile since 1995 (0 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)
Freight intensity100
Digital readiness72
Cost advantage59
Connectivity58
Quality of life54
Industrial base49
Economic base47
Energy cost46
Resilience44
Growth momentum39
Demographic outlook33
Labour market30
Talent & skills23
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)
46.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.4
Livability53.7
Market access57
Economic scale37
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)
44
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability58
Labour stability42
Diversification57
Demographic stability19
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)
57.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density79
Airport access37
Market access57
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)
23.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary13
Lifelong learning61
Knowledge workers12
Scientists & engineers7
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)
53.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44
Jobs40.5
Education26
Health89.5
Safety45.7
Connectivity75.5
Environment55
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
39.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.0 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.5%Diversified · HHI 2210
Agriculture 0.8%Industry 20.6%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 23.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.5%Public · health · education 20.8%
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)
€5,863M2023
5.8% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,355M2025
0.6% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Population
186,7832025
0.1% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Unemployment rate
4.2%2025
30.0% 1y 10.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Employment
73,2002023
0.7% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Productivity / employee
€81,4102025
1.4% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
Gross value added
€5,267M2023
5.9% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,267M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€42M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,086M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€888M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — construction (F)
€362M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,236M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,000
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 47
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,300
2023 · EU pctl 40
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€29,682M
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€5,009M
2023 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€51,756M
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€781M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — information & communication (J)
€57M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,447M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,094M
2023 · EU pctl 36
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,355M
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€81,410
2025 · EU pctl 44
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,267M
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour market
Employment, total persons
73,200
2023 · EU pctl 31
Self-employed persons
20,200
2023 · EU pctl 57
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,100
2023 · EU pctl 29
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.7%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.1%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
87,200
2025 · EU pctl 36
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,145
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise births
1,168
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise deaths
904
2023 · EU pctl 47
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 37
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
23.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
30.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.4%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.6%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,307,588
2025 · EU pctl 59
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
744 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,278 kt
2025 · EU pctl 91
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,339
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
717
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
23 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
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)
113,899
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged 65+
54,486
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged under 15
18,398
2025 · EU pctl 25
Median age of population
52.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 96
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.8%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Live births
946
2024 · EU pctl 23
Deaths
2,502
2024 · EU pctl 42
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.0%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
2024 · EU pctl 6
Population density (persons per km²)
162 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 57
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
132,202
2100 · EU pctl 29
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
285 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
848 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
209 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 41
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.8 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
907 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
51 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 65 · 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)
134 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
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.
12
2024 · EU pctl 45
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.2%
2021 · EU pctl 62
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