NUTS-3 EL304 · Greece
Population
516,9912025
GDP
€13,104M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
70.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL304 · ITF61
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Cosenza (43). Contrarian pick: Cosenza — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 69).
Strengths
Cost advantage (77) · Talent & skills (66)
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%)
#2Cosenza
Strengths
Cost advantage (72) · Demographic outlook (69)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών
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%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 2) — Cosenza may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Cosenza · Manufacturing → Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών · Office → Νότιος Τομέας Αθηνών · Residential → Cosenza.
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
50.1
42.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
10.8
31.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
36.4
38.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
3.5
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.7
34.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.8
13.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.0
43.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.8% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.4% 5y
15.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€25,347
€19,535
Population density
7,307 /km²
101 /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)
€11,434M
€11,750M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€9M
€519M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,007M
€844M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€818M
€489M
GVA — construction (F)
€257M
€879M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,483M
€2,862M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,200
€16,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
31,800 PPS
20,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,800
€19,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€12,450M
€8,676M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,445M
€460M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,495M
€14,341M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,622M
€1,748M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€601M
€273M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,983M
€3,264M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,696M
€3,383M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,002M
€11,866M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€62,978
€61,998
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,746M
€2,950M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
225,230
217,400
Self-employed persons
29,870
65,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,590
10,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.5%
51.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.3%
28.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
9.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
240,100
227,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
49,891
43,698
Enterprise births
4,980
3,732
Enterprise deaths
1,547
2,564
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.7%
1.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.1%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.6%
18.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
51.1%
25.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.9%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.6%
16.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.0%
4.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
88.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
876,884
3,561,562
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
903 /1k
750 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,157 kt
12,468 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
930
2,912
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
48 km/1000km²
19 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
180
435
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
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)
331,150
423,605
Population aged 65+
122,350
166,279
Population aged under 15
63,491
79,651
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
48.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
39.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.6 /1k
-1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
4.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
11.7 /1k
Live births
3,275
4,252
Deaths
5,996
7,810
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
58.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
1.15
Population density (persons per km²)
7,410 /km²
100 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
307,476
533,988
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
23.6%
45.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.9 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
32.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
468 /100k
256 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,089 /100k
968 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
239 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
—
14.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
—
488 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
42 /M
52 /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)
126 m
333 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
52 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
7 days/yr