NUTS-3 EL543 · Greece
Population
168,8842025
GDP
€2,341M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
69%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,991 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL543 · EE004
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lääne-Eesti (Opportunity 33). Runner-up: Ιωάννινα (29). Contrarian pick: Ιωάννινα — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 83).
Strengths
Cost advantage (75) · Energy cost (73)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
#2Ιωάννινα
Strengths
Cost advantage (83) · Growth momentum (66)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Lääne-Eesti
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 9) — Ιωάννινα may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Lääne-Eesti 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
28.7
33.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.8
38.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
36.1
53.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
0.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
13.5
41.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
30.0
69.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
65.8
55.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.6% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.3% 5y
0.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€13,864
€18,739
Population density
34 /km²
13 /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)
€2,043M
€2,434M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€63M
€130M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€324M
€535M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€216M
€427M
GVA — construction (F)
€78M
€231M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€432M
€458M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,400
€15,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,500 PPS
20,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,200
€18,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,087M
€9,522M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€83M
€822M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€1,682M
€20,179M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€299M
€365M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€33M
€34M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€495M
€563M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€651M
€517M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,159M
€2,030M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€36,220
€47,845
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€663M
€703M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
70,600
60,950
Self-employed persons
19,480
8,310
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,770
12,060
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
69.9%
81.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
26.1%
20.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.8%
7.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
76,300
78,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,016
15,387
Enterprise births
1,070
1,998
Enterprise deaths
595
3,846
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
4.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.8%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.2%
7.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.4%
42.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.0%
44.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
3.9%
23.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
19.2%
25.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.5%
9.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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95.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,026,381
1,380,385
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
418 /1k
635 /1k
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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3,497
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,696 kt
3,503 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
20 km/1000km²
5 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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2,359
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
83
99
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)
104,934
90,905
Population aged 65+
42,852
34,930
Population aged under 15
21,098
22,420
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
45.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.8%
38.4%
Crude rate of total population change
24.9 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
30.4 /1k
1.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
13.2 /1k
Live births
911
981
Deaths
1,832
1,965
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.9%
63.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
1.26
Population density (persons per km²)
34 /km²
13 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
124,039
95,578
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.3%
21.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.6 yrs
79.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
22.0%
19.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
472 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
869 /100k
1,322 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
201 /100k
238 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.8 /100k
2.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
12.8 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
83.8 /100k
401 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.36
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
1.54
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
1.52
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
1.60
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.87
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.119/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
838 m
14 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
119 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
24 days/yr
2 days/yr