NUTS-3 EL512 · Greece
Population
107,9542025
GDP
€1,281M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
10.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
67.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,801.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL512 · HR064
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Krapinsko-zagorska županija (Opportunity 36). Runner-up: Ξάνθη (19). Contrarian pick: Ξάνθη — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 62).
Strengths
Industrial base (92) · Cost advantage (91)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
#2Ξάνθη
Strengths
Cost advantage (88) · Demographic outlook (62)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 14 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Krapinsko-zagorska županija
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 2) — Ξάνθη may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Krapinsko-zagorska županija · Manufacturing → Krapinsko-zagorska županija · Office → Ξάνθη · Residential → Krapinsko-zagorska županija.
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
19.2
35.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
25.5
27.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
21.1
34.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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45.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
39.0
39.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.3
14.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.6
72.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.9% 5y
5.5% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.2% 5y
10.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€11,867
€14,201
Population density
60 /km²
97 /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)
€1,118M
€1,405M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€51M
€36M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€231M
€513M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€180M
€473M
GVA — construction (F)
€27M
€143M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€250M
€233M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,100
€10,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
14,400 PPS
19,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,700
€14,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,728M
€3,296M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€170M
€1,033M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€3,128M
€6,092M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€132M
€125M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€26M
€18M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€224M
€200M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€335M
€280M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,187M
€1,341M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€29,049
€32,533
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€320M
€429M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
47,770
55,560
Self-employed persons
17,020
6,810
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,700
15,330
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
67.7%
72.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.8%
12.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
10.7%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
49,700
56,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,217
5,416
Enterprise births
516
559
Enterprise deaths
261
249
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.9%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
28.0%
22.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
32.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.6%
4.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
16.6%
17.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.3%
6.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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87.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
173,920
481,451
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
412 /1k
500 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,148 kt
4,094 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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29
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
17 km/1000km²
31 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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24
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
41
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)
71,062
77,278
Population aged 65+
21,144
26,127
Population aged under 15
15,748
15,915
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.8%
33.8%
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
0.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
14.1 /1k
Live births
814
910
Deaths
1,218
1,685
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.9%
54.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
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Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
93,287
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
31.6%
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
80.4 yrs
78.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
26.8%
16.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
435 /100k
465 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,154 /100k
1,622 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
245 /100k
305 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.4 /100k
2.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
9.3 /100k
97.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
268 /100k
117 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
73 /M
42 /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)
156 m
192 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
47 days/yr
22 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
64 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
8 days/yr