NUTS-3 ITI34 · Italy
Ascoli Piceno
Ascoli Piceno generates €6.6bn of GDP across 200.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.0%/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 faller69 → 46 EU percentile since 1995 (-23 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)
Cost advantage64
Industrial base64
Economic base54
Growth momentum51
Energy cost46
Quality of life44
Resilience42
Digital readiness40
Demographic outlook39
Air quality35
Connectivity26
Talent & skills24
Governance20
Labour market16
Freight intensity13
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)
43.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.6
Livability43.7
Market access38
Economic scale42
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)
42.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability46
Labour stability36
Diversification69
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)
26
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density9
Airport access31
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)
34.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.6 µg/m³
PM1018.6 µg/m³
NO215 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
Economy45
Jobs27
Education18.5
Health87
Safety67.7
Connectivity24.5
Environment36
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
50.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.4 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.3%Diversified · HHI 2141
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 22.1%Construction 7.6%Trade · transport · ICT 22.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.3%Public · health · education 18.7%
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)
€6,588M2023
11.8% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,975M2025
0.6% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Population
200,4972025
0.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Unemployment rate
5.1%2025
27.5% 1y 13.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Employment
89,9002023
1.7% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Productivity / employee
€75,4132025
1.4% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Gross value added
€5,918M2023
11.8% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,918M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€122M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,308M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,200M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — construction (F)
€447M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,324M
2023 · EU pctl 46
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)
34,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 54
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€32,700
2023 · EU pctl 44
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)
€770M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — information & communication (J)
€103M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,613M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,104M
2023 · EU pctl 36
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,975M
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€75,413
2025 · EU pctl 35
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,537M
2025 · EU pctl 43
Labour market
Employment, total persons
89,900
2023 · EU pctl 40
Self-employed persons
23,800
2023 · EU pctl 63
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,300
2023 · EU pctl 45
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)
92,300
2025 · EU pctl 38
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,751
2023 · EU pctl 57
Enterprise births
1,202
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise deaths
989
2023 · EU pctl 49
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
2023 · EU pctl 41
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)
1,920,407
2025 · EU pctl 69
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.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,505 kt
2025 · EU pctl 16
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
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)
123,687
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged 65+
54,981
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged under 15
21,829
2025 · EU pctl 32
Median age of population
50.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 89
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.5%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
1,131
2024 · EU pctl 29
Deaths
2,453
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.1%
2025 · EU pctl 69
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
2024 · EU pctl 10
Population density (persons per km²)
164 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 58
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
145,745
2100 · EU pctl 33
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
14.4 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 35
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
626 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 39
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)
335 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 75
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 66
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
73
2024 · EU pctl 97
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
17.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.6%
2021 · EU pctl 31
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Italy regions