NUTS-3 EL611 · Greece
Population
222,3142025
GDP
€3,031M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
69.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
6,027.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
EL611 · BG314
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Плевен (Opportunity 30). Runner-up: Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα (24). Contrarian pick: Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 76).
#1Плевен
Strengths
Cost advantage (100) · Growth momentum (78)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (86) · Freight intensity (76)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Плевен
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 0) — Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα · Manufacturing → Плевен · Office → Καρδίτσα, Τρίκαλα · Residential → Плевен.
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
23.7
29.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
29.8
24.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
28.8
16.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
1.5
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
4.5
18.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.8
15.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
44.8
77.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
18.1% 5y
11.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€13,633
€9,874
Population density
37 /km²
46 /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)
€2,645M
€1,855M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€217M
€99M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€458M
€442M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€329M
€423M
GVA — construction (F)
€76M
€53M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€517M
€347M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,700
€6,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
16,400 PPS
15,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,300
€9,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,244M
€866M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€354M
€154M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,089M
€2,572M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€377M
€211M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€21M
€16M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€598M
€300M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€778M
€615M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,775M
€1,413M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€31,454
€21,146
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€700M
€358M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
105,020
96,380
Self-employed persons
51,670
24,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
6,530
18,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.7%
70.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.0%
23.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.2%
7.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
91,900
92,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,528
9,388
Enterprise births
1,156
971
Enterprise deaths
600
1,340
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.1%
1.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.4%
27.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.9%
30.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.3%
7.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.9%
18.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.9%
5.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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87.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
769,520
137,221
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
395 /1k
472 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,345 kt
2,094 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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186
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
17 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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86
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
156
109
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
130,612
125,568
Population aged 65+
65,601
61,489
Population aged under 15
26,101
28,269
Median age of population
51.3 yrs
50.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.2%
49.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.5 /1k
-11.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.6 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
15.6 /1k
18.9 /1k
Live births
1,229
1,704
Deaths
3,485
4,094
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.2%
71.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
1.81
Population density (persons per km²)
37 /km²
47 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
150,123
112,246
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
30.5%
33.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.2 yrs
73.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
25.0%
25.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
608 /100k
964 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,115 /100k
2,350 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
240 /100k
248 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.7 /100k
16.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
18.8 /100k
50.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
71.5 /100k
306 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
148 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
-0.07
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.25
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
-0.10
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
-0.14
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.33
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.135/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.041/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
129 m
178 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
41 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
59 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
5 days/yr