NUTS-3 EL525 · Greece
Population
115,1012025
GDP
€1,851M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
11.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
69.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,523.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
EL525 · LT021
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alytaus apskritis (Opportunity 30). Runner-up: Πιερία (25). Contrarian pick: Πιερία — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Cost advantage (80) · Talent & skills (66)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
#2Πιερία
Strengths
Demographic outlook (97) · Cost advantage (83)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Alytaus apskritis
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 0) — Πιερία may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Alytaus apskritis · Manufacturing → Alytaus apskritis · Office → Πιερία · Residential → Πιερία.
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
24.7
29.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
18.5
38.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
31.6
41.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
20.3
44.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.3
66.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.2
60.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.4% 5y
1.0% 5y
Population
1.3% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.7% 5y
7.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€16,084
€15,101
Population density
76 /km²
25 /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)
€1,615M
€1,798M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€157M
€93M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€195M
€406M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€152M
€322M
GVA — construction (F)
€44M
€158M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€566M
€453M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,400
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,600 PPS
19,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,300
€15,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,199M
€10,284M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€548M
€1,567M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,333M
€21,259M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€216M
€178M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13M
€43M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€294M
€270M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€360M
€418M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,683M
€1,511M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€38,815
€36,061
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€363M
€526M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
51,880
59,800
Self-employed persons
23,790
8,390
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,410
11,930
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.7%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.3%
15.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
11.7%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
51,500
68,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,011
12,699
Enterprise births
785
2,462
Enterprise deaths
466
2,122
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
6.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.5%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.7%
2.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
36.4%
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.3%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.5%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.3%
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.9%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
87.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,220,999
1,193,175
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
474 /1k
611 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,177 kt
1,624 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
1,586
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
24 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
1,193
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
57
81
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
70,487
84,459
Population aged 65+
29,550
33,026
Population aged under 15
15,064
15,434
Median age of population
49.1 yrs
49.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.9%
39.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.6 /1k
-9.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.6 /1k
0.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
5.0 /1k
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
15.3 /1k
Live births
734
672
Deaths
1,545
2,040
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.3%
57.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
0.96
Population density (persons per km²)
76 /km²
26 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
122,619
46,335
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
33.0%
30.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.7 yrs
77.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
24.2%
26.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
451 /100k
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,185 /100k
1,630 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
244 /100k
259 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.3 /100k
6.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
57.6 /100k
18.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
301 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
0.94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
1.19
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
1.23
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.86
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.96
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.136/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.050/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
127 m
128 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
103 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
2 days/yr