NUTS-3 EL306 · Greece
Population
164,3692025
GDP
€5,258M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,013.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL306 · RO112
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Δυτική Αττική (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Bistriţa-Năsăud (28). Contrarian pick: Bistriţa-Năsăud — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 96).
Strengths
Freight intensity (100) · Demographic outlook (98)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 24 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Strengths
Cost advantage (96) · Resilience (70)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Δυτική Αττική
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 24 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 4) — Bistriţa-Năsăud may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Δυτική Αττική leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
42.4
28.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
33.5
69.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
39.3
23.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
4.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
45.7
22.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.8
13.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
64.2
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.5% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.5% 5y
8.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,989
€11,746
Population density
162 /km²
55 /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)
€4,588M
€3,163M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€50M
€151M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,220M
€716M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,023M
€658M
GVA — construction (F)
€691M
€419M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,257M
€729M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€9,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,700 PPS
19,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€28,100
€11,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,450M
€8,805M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,445M
€1,026M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,495M
€16,038M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€346M
€308M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€27M
€21M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€701M
€499M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€669M
€650M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,816M
€2,612M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€57,401
€29,805
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€701M
€808M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
99,150
130,390
Self-employed persons
7,840
37,040
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,020
27,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
68.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.3%
28.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
5.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
78,200
131,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,185
13,634
Enterprise births
1,101
1,555
Enterprise deaths
389
938
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
6.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
0.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.6%
18.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.1%
22.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.9%
7.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.6%
15.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
7.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
94.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
149,449
180,584
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
903 /1k
436 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,135 kt
7,038 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
592
153
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
360
52
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
48 km/1000km²
3 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
76
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
107,899
193,210
Population aged 65+
29,209
53,351
Population aged under 15
27,261
50,650
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
41.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.1%
27.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.0 /1k
2.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
10.7 /1k
Live births
1,567
2,530
Deaths
1,592
3,180
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.3%
53.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.70
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
164 /km²
56 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
201,480
237,516
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
27.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.9 yrs
76.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
468 /100k
753 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,089 /100k
1,857 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
255 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
3.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
72.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
111 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
65 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
356 m
519 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
109 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr