NUTS-3 EL623 · Greece
Population
38,4512025
GDP
€712M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
68.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
898.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL623 · EL624
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Λευκάδα (Opportunity 22). Runner-up: Ιθάκη, Κεφαλληνία (21).
#1Λευκάδα
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Demographic outlook (89)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
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%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (72) · Energy cost (58)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Λευκάδα
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); 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%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 1) — Ιθάκη, Κεφαλληνία may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Λευκάδα 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
21.2
21.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
13.3
8.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
28.8
27.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
2.5
5.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
6.5
6.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.0
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
6.5% 5y
7.4% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
11.0% 5y
10.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,529
€17,964
Population density
43 /km²
63 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 82 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€622M
€347M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€69M
€7M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€40M
€13M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11M
€7M
GVA — construction (F)
€16M
€25M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€274M
€160M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€16,700
€16,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,100 PPS
20,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,800
€17,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€798M
€798M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€15M
€15M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€1,396M
€1,396M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€115M
€59M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3M
€1M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€148M
€83M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€74M
€60M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€645M
€360M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€54,843
€48,950
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€171M
€96M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
14,390
9,010
Self-employed persons
7,890
4,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
390
260
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.8%
70.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
30.9%
30.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.7%
9.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
17,300
9,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,067
4,331
Enterprise births
395
319
Enterprise deaths
127
125
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
0.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.6%
21.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.0%
32.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
1.7%
1.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
11.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.9%
4.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,070,610
1,677,265
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
460 /1k
460 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1 kt
1,672 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
158
118
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
23,293
13,296
Population aged 65+
10,147
5,799
Population aged under 15
5,011
3,057
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
48.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.6%
43.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.1 /1k
-8.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.8 /1k
-0.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
14.5 /1k
Live births
260
155
Deaths
487
323
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.1%
66.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
43 /km²
64 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
33,468
22,782
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
35.7%
35.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.1 yrs
81.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
22.4%
22.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
319 /100k
319 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,055 /100k
1,055 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.6 /100k
0.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
59.7 /100k
17.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
114 /100k
215 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
129 /M
129 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
762 m
773 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
14 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
9 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
21 days/yr