NUTS-3 EL303 · Greece
Population
977,9932025
GDP
€38,720M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
87.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
EL303 · ITC47
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Brescia (Opportunity 67). Runner-up: Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών (56). Contrarian pick: Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών — leads the set on Economic base (EU pctl 91).
#1Brescia
Strengths
Demographic outlook (88) · Industrial base (87)
Red flags
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Economic base (91) · Cost advantage (77)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Brescia
Long-run slide: down 15 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 20) — Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Brescia · Manufacturing → Brescia · Office → Κεντρικός Τομέας Αθηνών · Residential → Brescia.
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
56.4
67.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
11.5
45.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
39.3
49.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
2.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.0
44.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.8
29.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
55.2
52.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.3% 5y
3.5% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.4% 5y
6.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,592
€42,646
Population density
11,132 /km²
265 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€33,786M
€48,497M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€22M
€1,175M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,747M
€15,679M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,769M
€14,142M
GVA — construction (F)
€121M
€3,432M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,817M
€8,864M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€26,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
52,800 PPS
44,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,800
€42,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,450M
€101,220M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,445M
€19,922M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,495M
€188,904M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€6,950M
€5,746M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,607M
€748M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€15,655M
€13,178M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,423M
€6,169M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€35,462M
€49,156M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€59,039
€92,810
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,160M
€11,309M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
709,910
599,200
Self-employed persons
101,550
131,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,930
156,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
71.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.3%
10.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
473,500
596,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
117,605
106,264
Enterprise births
11,184
7,310
Enterprise deaths
3,025
6,182
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
3.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
5.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.6%
23.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.1%
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.9%
11.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.6%
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
5.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,997,727
12,510,952
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
903 /1k
640 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,047 kt
56,918 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,434
58
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
48 km/1000km²
32 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
147
5
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
56
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
653,025
813,343
Population aged 65+
221,600
293,432
Population aged under 15
103,368
159,109
Median age of population
46.6 yrs
47.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
36.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.3 /1k
3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.4 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
9.5 /1k
Live births
5,852
8,314
Deaths
11,422
12,053
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.8%
55.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.92
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
11,143 /km²
279 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
457,072
1,328,026
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
12.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.9 yrs
84.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
9.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
468 /100k
322 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,089 /100k
835 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
41.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
1,099 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
38 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
123 m
955 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
102 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
18 days/yr