NUTS-3 ITI15 · Italy
Prato
Export region data (CSV)Prato generates €9.3bn of GDP across 259.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +2.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 5.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (13th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.2
Livability44.7
Market access53
Economic scale56
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)
41.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability40
Labour stability42
Diversification29
Demographic stability56
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)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density46
Airport access91
Market access53
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)
44.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53
Jobs40.5
Education26
Health89.5
Safety31.7
Connectivity59
Environment13
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
46.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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. · 30.6%Diversified · HHI 2399
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 27.8%Construction 5.2%Trade · transport · ICT 21.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 30.6%Public · health · education 14.8%
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).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,374M
2023 · EU pctl 56
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€44M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,324M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,119M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — construction (F)
€435M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,772M
2023 · EU pctl 58
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)
37,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 65
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,900
2023 · EU pctl 53
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)
€1,446M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — information & communication (J)
€145M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,562M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,236M
2023 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
133,200
2023 · EU pctl 57
Self-employed persons
31,700
2023 · EU pctl 72
Employment in manufacturing (C)
47,600
2023 · EU pctl 87
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
28,730
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise births
2,073
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise deaths
1,624
2023 · EU pctl 64
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 28
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
8
2012 · EU pctl 37
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 33
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
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)
606,930
2025 · EU pctl 37
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
744 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 97 · 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.
969
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
373
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
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)
168,985
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged 65+
60,145
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged under 15
30,527
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
48.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 68
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.6%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
-1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
1,389
2024 · EU pctl 39
Deaths
2,610
2024 · EU pctl 44
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.7%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.02
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
712 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 86
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.1%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
277 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13 · 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
0.8 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 56
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 97
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,602 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
51 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
225 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
25 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
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.
20
2024 · EU pctl 87
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