NUTS-3 EL301 · Greece
Population
592,4942025
GDP
€20,626M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
132.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL301 · ES130
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Cantabria (55). Contrarian pick: Cantabria — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 95).
Strengths
Economic base (84) · Cost advantage (77)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 0) — Cantabria may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Cantabria · Manufacturing → Cantabria · Office → Βόρειος Τομέας Αθηνών · Residential → Cantabria.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
55.6
54.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
16.0
47.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.3
55.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
15.0
56.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
54.3
17.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.8
68.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.0
63.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.2% 5y
3.8% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.4% 5y
9.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€34,812
€28,201
Population density
4,465 /km²
111 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,997M
€15,257M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
€256M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,766M
€3,306M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,123M
€2,718M
GVA — construction (F)
€203M
€1,001M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,524M
€3,594M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€18,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,400 PPS
31,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€36,800
€28,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,450M
€3,560M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,445M
€736M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,495M
€7,994M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,365M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,248M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,558M
€3,706M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,936M
€3,392M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€18,891M
€15,639M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€65,321
€75,208
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,749M
€4,038M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
341,790
237,900
Self-employed persons
38,470
38,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,060
31,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
73.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.3%
19.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
7.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
269,200
286,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
63,814
40,384
Enterprise births
6,065
3,014
Enterprise deaths
1,745
2,707
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.6%
47.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.1%
59.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.9%
15.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.6%
25.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
7.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
96.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
421,518
6,117,130
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
903 /1k
570 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,610 kt
24,662 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,305
96
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
220
16
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
48 km/1000km²
48 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
111
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
371,245
380,589
Population aged 65+
143,305
145,544
Population aged under 15
77,944
67,490
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
48.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.6%
38.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.1 /1k
4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.0 /1k
9.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
5.1 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
10.3 /1k
Live births
3,905
3,013
Deaths
6,344
6,105
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
56.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
0.99
Population density (persons per km²)
4,431 /km²
112 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
291,876
397,244
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
19.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.9 yrs
84.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
13.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
468 /100k
307 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,089 /100k
772 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
216 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
41.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
322 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
196 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.14
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.84
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
0.96
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.78
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.16
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.106/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
301 m
932 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
40 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
13 days/yr