NUTS-3 EL621 · Greece
Population
40,1212025
GDP
€942M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
68.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
401.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
EL621 · SI035
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zasavska (Opportunity 34). Runner-up: Ζάκυνθος (23).
#1Zasavska
Strengths
Industrial base (84) · Cost advantage (72)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
#2Ζάκυνθος
Strengths
Cost advantage (72) · Growth momentum (58)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Zasavska
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 8) — Ζάκυνθος may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Zasavska 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
23.1
34.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
8.8
46.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
29.8
36.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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22.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
1.5
51.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
6.5
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.4
63.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
7.7% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.6% 5y
2.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€23,473
€17,187
Population density
100 /km²
117 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€822M
€869M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€29M
€21M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€47M
€271M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€29M
€243M
GVA — construction (F)
€24M
€98M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€453M
€146M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
€16,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,700 PPS
19,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,100
€17,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€798M
€6,367M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€15M
€1,605M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€1,396M
€14,558M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€107M
€99M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5M
€11M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€158M
€177M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€110M
€156M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€852M
€804M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€35,029
€56,859
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€227M
€239M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
29,790
18,120
Self-employed persons
14,240
4,310
Employment in manufacturing (C)
960
4,260
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.8%
74.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
30.9%
13.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.0%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
18,800
27,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,859
3,719
Enterprise births
500
358
Enterprise deaths
136
237
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
—
4.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.6%
31.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.0%
40.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
1.7%
20.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
23.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
8.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
—
92.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,438,092
21,427
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
460 /1k
592 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
695 kt
917 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
216
38
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
25,380
35,590
Population aged 65+
8,592
13,647
Population aged under 15
6,149
7,846
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
46.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
38.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.5 /1k
-2.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-4.7 /1k
1.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.6 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
11.6 /1k
Live births
388
440
Deaths
461
663
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.1%
60.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.71
1.56
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
119 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
40,433
41,769
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
35.7%
17.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.1 yrs
81.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
22.4%
16.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
319 /100k
340 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,055 /100k
1,141 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
285 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.4 /100k
3.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
135 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
449 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
129 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.26
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.74
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
0.92
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.75
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.77
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.132/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
72 m
452 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
14 days/yr