NUTS-3 EL521 · Greece
Population
129,6632025
GDP
€2,090M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
11.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
69.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,709.5 km²
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EL521
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
25.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
33.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
33.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
22.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.8
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€16,117
Population density
76 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 64 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,823M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€506M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€313M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€213M
GVA — construction (F)
€39M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€381M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,199M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€548M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,333M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€156M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€16M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€252M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€332M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
57,110
Self-employed persons
26,340
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,880
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.3%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,921
Enterprise births
654
Enterprise deaths
370
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
155,100
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
474 /1k
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
67
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
79,528
Population aged 65+
33,244
Population aged under 15
16,891
Median age of population
48.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.8%
Crude rate of total population change
4.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
13.5 /1k
Live births
812
Deaths
1,746
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
77 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
33.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.7 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
453 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,185 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
244 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
59.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
118 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
295 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr