NUTS-3 EL412 · Greece
Population
43,0102025
GDP
€637M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
70%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
777 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL412 · HR032
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ličko-senjska županija (Opportunity 30). Runner-up: Ικαρία, Σάμος (19). Contrarian pick: Ικαρία, Σάμος — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Cost advantage (90) · Air quality (86)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Demographic outlook (100) · Cost advantage (88)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ličko-senjska županija
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 0) — Ικαρία, Σάμος may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ličko-senjska županija · Manufacturing → Ličko-senjska županija · Office → Ικαρία, Σάμος · Residential → Ικαρία, Σάμος.
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
18.8
30.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
13.0
35.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
32.0
30.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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85.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
17.0
23.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
12.3
36.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.2
79.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.6% 5y
7.2% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
17.5% 5y
5.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€14,811
€18,772
Population density
55 /km²
8 /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)
€556M
€672M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€12M
€70M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€49M
€55M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€24M
€19M
GVA — construction (F)
€11M
€102M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€175M
€184M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,200
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
16,000 PPS
26,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,900
€18,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€652M
€7,641M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€19M
€658M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€1,148M
€13,216M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€86M
€84M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4M
€14M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€132M
€113M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€178M
€148M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€578M
€644M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€36,648
€45,125
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€164M
€248M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,780
19,170
Self-employed persons
7,750
3,340
Employment in manufacturing (C)
850
1,510
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
68.6%
72.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
31.9%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
5.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
17,200
19,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,055
2,029
Enterprise births
260
256
Enterprise deaths
81
98
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
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2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.3%
31.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.1%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.2%
6.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
12.9%
23.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.7%
6.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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87.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,377,316
2,966,687
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
302 /1k
549 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
143 kt
1,085 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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13
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
27 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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30
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
68
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,965
26,445
Population aged 65+
11,301
11,151
Population aged under 15
4,744
5,604
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
48.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.9%
42.2%
Crude rate of total population change
12.8 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.8 /1k
18.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
18.3 /1k
Live births
255
346
Deaths
511
785
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.5%
63.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
56 /km²
8 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
93,018
22,811
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
27.9%
20.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.0 yrs
79.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
22.5%
19.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
335 /100k
531 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
861 /100k
1,391 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
199 /100k
295 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.4 /100k
2.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.7 /100k
9.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
25.9 /100k
269 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
104 /100k
483 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
98 /M
75 /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
0.30
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
0.43
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.11
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.73
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.126/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
518 m
691 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
13 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
86 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
17 days/yr