NUTS-3 ITI21 · Italy
Perugia
Perugia generates €21bn of GDP across 636.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (89.5th EU percentile) and weakest for education (18.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller74 → 46 EU percentile since 1995 (-28 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)
Demographic outlook69
Cost advantage63
Industrial base60
Connectivity55
Freight intensity53
Economic base52
Growth momentum47
Energy cost46
Resilience46
Quality of life42
Talent & skills28
Labour market23
Digital readiness22
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)
54.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.4
Livability42.3
Market access46
Economic scale81
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)
45.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability51
Labour stability35
Diversification69
Demographic stability27
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)
55
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access96
Market access46
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)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary27
Lifelong learning66
Knowledge workers16
Scientists & engineers4
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)
42.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44.5
Jobs35.5
Education18.5
Health89.5
Safety38.3
Connectivity22.5
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
47.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.6 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. · 25.8%Diversified · HHI 2139
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 21.8%Construction 6.7%Trade · transport · ICT 23%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.8%Public · health · education 20.4%
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)
€20,556M2023
8.0% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€18,748M2025
0.6% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Population
636,1882025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Unemployment rate
4.5%2025
4.3% 1y 12.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Employment
289,5002023
2.1% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Productivity / employee
€71,8032025
1.4% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Gross value added
€18,466M2023
8.1% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,466M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€417M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,027M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,611M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — construction (F)
€1,235M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,252M
2023 · EU pctl 83
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,900
2024 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,200
2023 · EU pctl 43
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,687M
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,149M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€10,415M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,163M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — information & communication (J)
€304M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,762M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,775M
2023 · EU pctl 80
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,748M
2025 · EU pctl 82
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€71,803
2025 · EU pctl 31
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,196M
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
289,500
2023 · EU pctl 85
Self-employed persons
73,200
2023 · EU pctl 93
Employment in manufacturing (C)
48,700
2023 · EU pctl 87
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.5%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.5%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
297,200
2025 · EU pctl 84
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
52,280
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise births
3,726
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise deaths
2,891
2023 · EU pctl 76
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 32
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.4%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
13.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,827,380
2025 · EU pctl 91
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
774 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,782 kt
2025 · EU pctl 86
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
181
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
12 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
393,337
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged 65+
170,641
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged under 15
72,210
2025 · EU pctl 77
Median age of population
50.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 85
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.4%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude birth rate
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
3,606
2024 · EU pctl 75
Deaths
7,618
2024 · EU pctl 89
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.7%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
2024 · EU pctl 10
Population density (persons per km²)
103 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 42
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
545,627
2100 · EU pctl 83
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
306 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
839 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
208 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 37
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
25.8 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
929 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
73 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 89 · 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)
309 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
50 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 21
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
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).
54
2024 · EU pctl 54
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
90.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.5%
2021 · EU pctl 54
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