NUTS-3 EL522 · Greece
Population
1,081,8432025
GDP
€19,661M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
11.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
69.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
3,688.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL522 · CZ080
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Moravskoslezský kraj (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Θεσσαλονίκη (43). Contrarian pick: Θεσσαλονίκη — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 83).
Strengths
Cost advantage (83) · Energy cost (58)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Moravskoslezský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 18) — Θεσσαλονίκη may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Moravskoslezský kraj 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
43.1
55.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
20.5
29.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
22.4
38.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
6.7
24.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
33.0
55.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.3
32.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
55.8
51.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.9% 5y
1.8% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.7% 5y
3.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,174
€23,168
Population density
293 /km²
217 /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)
€17,155M
€25,010M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€349M
€414M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,113M
€8,081M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,517M
€6,622M
GVA — construction (F)
€345M
€1,409M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,548M
€5,365M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,400
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,400 PPS
28,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,100
€23,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,199M
€6,441M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€548M
€1,542M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,333M
€13,069M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,320M
€2,587M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€416M
€1,143M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,063M
€4,466M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,737M
€5,274M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,874M
€20,685M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€39,572
€53,062
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,851M
€6,934M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
540,470
552,010
Self-employed persons
112,440
60,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,040
150,970
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.7%
77.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.3%
14.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
11.7%
4.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
516,800
583,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
94,881
115,896
Enterprise births
8,770
10,976
Enterprise deaths
4,112
7,724
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
5.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.4%
25.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.3%
32.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.5%
11.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.3%
18.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
7.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
96.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,801,464
2,805,514
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
474 /1k
529 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,704 kt
34,277 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
3,044
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
24 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
257
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
19
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)
708,030
753,248
Population aged 65+
236,674
255,082
Population aged under 15
137,139
174,283
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.4%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
-5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
11.5 /1k
Live births
7,025
8,610
Deaths
11,551
13,603
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.8%
57.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
1.33
Population density (persons per km²)
305 /km²
223 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
759,701
903,805
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
33.0%
14.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.7 yrs
78.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
24.2%
12.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
451 /100k
686 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,185 /100k
1,568 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
244 /100k
260 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.8 /100k
22.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
264 /100k
277 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
948 /100k
392 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
30 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
1.00
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.146/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
70 m
387 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
4 days/yr