NUTS-3 ITI32 · Italy
Ancona
Export region data (CSV)Ancona generates €16bn of GDP across 461.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +2.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (87th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38
Livability38
Market access38
Economic scale76
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)
47
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability66
Labour stability35
Diversification57
Demographic stability30
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density8
Airport access32
Market access38
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)
24
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary23
Lifelong learning52
Knowledge workers11
Scientists & engineers10
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
12
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.514.7 µg/m³
PM1023.5 µg/m³
NO219 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
38
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy49.5
Jobs27
Education18.5
Health87
Safety48.3
Connectivity24
Environment12
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
38
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.3 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 · 25%Diversified · HHI 2209
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 25%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 22.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.5%Public · health · education 21%
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 · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,567M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€173M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,638M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,406M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — construction (F)
€835M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,283M
2023 · EU pctl 78
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,600
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 63
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€35,100
2023 · EU pctl 50
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€11,341M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,925M
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€19,218M
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,630M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — information & communication (J)
€360M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,574M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,061M
2023 · EU pctl 75
Labour market
Employment, total persons
218,800
2023 · EU pctl 76
Self-employed persons
47,200
2023 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,100
2023 · EU pctl 85
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
71.3%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
21.2%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,910
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise births
2,380
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise deaths
2,010
2023 · EU pctl 69
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
2023 · EU pctl 26
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
45
2012 · EU pctl 73
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
94 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 52
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.5%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
24.9%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.8%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.3%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.6%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,428,287
2025 · EU pctl 80
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
718 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 93 · 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.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
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)
287,269
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged 65+
122,253
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged under 15
51,981
2025 · EU pctl 68
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.6%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
2,524
2024 · EU pctl 63
Deaths
5,340
2024 · EU pctl 76
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.10
2024 · EU pctl 9
Population density (persons per km²)
236 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 68
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.9%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
285 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
865 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 62
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.1 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
562 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 35
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
79 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
24
2024 · EU pctl 90
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 84
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 82
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