NUTS-3 EL433 · Greece
Population
85,7162025
GDP
€1,549M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,499.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
EL433 · BE344
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Arr. Neufchâteau (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Ρέθυμνο (29). Contrarian pick: Ρέθυμνο — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 88).
#2Ρέθυμνο
Strengths
Demographic outlook (88) · Cost advantage (81)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Arr. Neufchâteau
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 17) — Ρέθυμνο may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Arr. Neufchâteau 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
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
29.4
46.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
21.8
65.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.5
53.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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98.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
28.0
66.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
17.8
70.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
68.0
50.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.9% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
21.5% 5y
4.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,073
€36,670
Population density
57 /km²
49 /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)
€1,352M
€2,212M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€165M
€62M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€98M
€243M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€64M
€212M
GVA — construction (F)
€46M
€275M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€541M
€442M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,800
€27,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,000 PPS
32,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,900
€36,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,427M
€2,495M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€104M
€243M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,111M
€4,990M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€190M
€268M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€15M
€38M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€290M
€485M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€212M
€705M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,383M
€2,050M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€42,367
€93,672
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€383M
€661M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
40,100
26,900
Self-employed persons
14,440
5,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,730
1,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.0%
72.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
12.9%
15.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.2%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
40,400
30,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,128
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Enterprise births
581
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Enterprise deaths
221
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3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
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Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.7%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
3.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
0.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.5%
43.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.5%
46.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
3.1%
14.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.7%
27.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.4%
9.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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93.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,692,617
871,758
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
500 /1k
523 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,524 kt
1,714 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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1,340
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
1 km/1000km²
35 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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2,011
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
51
73
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)
56,015
42,432
Population aged 65+
15,996
12,713
Population aged under 15
13,705
11,489
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.6%
30.0%
Crude rate of total population change
5.0 /1k
3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
4.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
10.1 /1k
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
10.5 /1k
Live births
815
671
Deaths
810
695
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.0%
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
1.61
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
49 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
83,800
59,390
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.2%
15.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
80.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.7%
11.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
410 /100k
390 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
966 /100k
1,045 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
213 /100k
235 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
31.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
17.6 /100k
360 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
205 /100k
868 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
71 /M
93 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
1.41
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
1.34
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
1.58
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.25
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.130/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.046/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
609 m
452 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
5 days/yr