NUTS-3 ITI33 · Italy
Macerata
Macerata generates €9.8bn of GDP across 302k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.2%/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 education (18.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run faller62 → 47 EU percentile since 1995 (-15 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)
Industrial base76
Cost advantage64
Demographic outlook63
Economic base53
Energy cost46
Quality of life44
Resilience43
Digital readiness40
Growth momentum38
Air quality37
Connectivity33
Talent & skills24
Freight intensity21
Governance20
Labour market16
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)
45.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth38.4
Livability43.7
Market access40
Economic scale59
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)
43.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability53
Labour stability35
Diversification67
Demographic stability18
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)
32.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density7
Airport access51
Market access40
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)
36.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.6 µg/m³
PM1017.3 µg/m³
NO211.3 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)
43.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44.5
Jobs27
Education18.5
Health87
Safety68.7
Connectivity23.5
Environment37
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
38.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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 · 25.8%Diversified · HHI 2150
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 25.8%Construction 8.5%Trade · transport · ICT 20.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.8%Public · health · education 17.8%
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)
€9,833M2023
5.3% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,919M2025
0.6% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Population
302,0302025
0.3% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Unemployment rate
5.1%2025
12.1% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Employment
140,8002023
0.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Productivity / employee
€71,8692025
1.4% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Gross value added
€8,833M2023
5.4% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,833M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€124M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,281M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,132M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — construction (F)
€755M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,817M
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
33,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,400
2023 · EU pctl 43
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)
€1,048M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — information & communication (J)
€132M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,282M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,575M
2023 · EU pctl 52
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,919M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€71,869
2025 · EU pctl 31
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,294M
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour market
Employment, total persons
140,800
2023 · EU pctl 59
Self-employed persons
38,500
2023 · EU pctl 79
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,000
2023 · EU pctl 73
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.1%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
138,600
2025 · EU pctl 55
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
27,869
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise births
1,780
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise deaths
1,631
2023 · EU pctl 64
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 27
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 44 · 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)
1,760,517
2025 · EU pctl 66
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
718 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,974 kt
2025 · EU pctl 37
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
53
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
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)
185,853
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged 65+
81,216
2025 · EU pctl 66
Population aged under 15
34,961
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.7%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Crude rate of total population change
-3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
1,802
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
3,806
2024 · EU pctl 62
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.5%
2025 · EU pctl 71
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
109 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 44
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
243,595
2100 · EU pctl 55
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
284 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16 · 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
0.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.2 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
571 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · 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)
850 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
10 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 69
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 43
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
74
2024 · EU pctl 97
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
49.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.5%
2021 · EU pctl 70
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