NUTS-3 EL633 · Greece
Population
152,5452025
GDP
€2,133M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
66.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,634.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
EL633 · BG423
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ηλεία (Opportunity 26). Runner-up: Пазарджик (24). Contrarian pick: Пазарджик — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 99).
#1Ηλεία
Strengths
Cost advantage (88) · Freight intensity (66)
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%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (99) · Industrial base (77)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ηλεία
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%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 4) — Пазарджик may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ηλεία · Manufacturing → Пазарджик · Office → Пазарджик · Residential → Пазарджик.
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
26.3
24.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
38.8
23.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
26.2
21.8
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
4.0
20.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
5.8
29.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.8
52.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.4% 5y
3.8% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
14.8% 5y
1.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€13,984
€9,095
Population density
58 /km²
50 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,861M
€1,773M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€462M
€116M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€214M
€526M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€137M
€441M
GVA — construction (F)
€56M
€55M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€424M
€372M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,200
€6,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,300 PPS
14,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,000
€9,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,755M
€2,738M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€79M
€682M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€3,384M
€5,794M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€248M
€208M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€19M
€14M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€333M
€276M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€373M
€429M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,932M
€1,713M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€31,981
€25,501
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€453M
€525M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,450
96,380
Self-employed persons
35,090
26,230
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,970
23,170
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
66.4%
69.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
27.1%
14.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.7%
3.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
66,300
98,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,172
10,031
Enterprise births
595
950
Enterprise deaths
314
1,383
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.6%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.4%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.7%
29.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
26.7%
36.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.2%
6.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
14.9%
21.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.2%
7.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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92.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
927,985
1,100,960
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
318 /1k
457 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,483 kt
4,057 kt
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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1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
20 km/1000km²
9 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
211
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
94,892
136,320
Population aged 65+
39,529
55,455
Population aged under 15
18,124
31,719
Median age of population
47.9 yrs
48.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
40.7%
Crude rate of total population change
9.7 /1k
-7.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.5 /1k
0.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.4 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
17.1 /1k
Live births
821
1,943
Deaths
2,007
3,846
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.8%
63.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
2.01
Population density (persons per km²)
59 /km²
51 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
108,427
137,527
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
27.9%
34.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
76.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
23.0%
25.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
316 /100k
924 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,085 /100k
2,023 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
234 /100k
240 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.6 /100k
12.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
109 /100k
16.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
362 /100k
243 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
93 /M
80 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
-0.07
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.25
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
-0.10
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
-0.14
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.33
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.135/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.041/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
109 m
327 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
77 days/yr
29 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
57 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
14 days/yr
8 days/yr