NUTS-3 EL643 · Greece
Population
17,5322025
GDP
€233M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,858.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL643 · DEG0S
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 34). Runner-up: Ευρυτανία (24). Contrarian pick: Ευρυτανία — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 86).
Strengths
Air quality (78) · Labour market (67)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (86) · Energy cost (58)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 5) — Ευρυτανία may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Suhl, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
23.7
33.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
19.8
29.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
32.7
56.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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77.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
4.0
64.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
11.0
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.2
16.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.0% 5y
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Population
0.0% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
15.4% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€13,312
€38,322
Population density
9 /km²
244 /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)
€204M
€1,214M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€4M
€2M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€35M
€192M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€18M
€161M
GVA — construction (F)
€1M
€61M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€38M
€225M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,400
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
15,900 PPS
32,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,900
€36,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,619M
€14,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€156M
€3,167M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€3,486M
€42,299M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€47M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€2M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€59M
€241M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€66M
€493M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€214M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€29,921
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€71M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
8,580
19,700
Self-employed persons
3,770
1,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
240
2,620
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.4%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.5%
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.3%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
7,200
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
1,163
1,277
Enterprise births
69
66
Enterprise deaths
47
88
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.2%
2.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.5%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.7%
30.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.2%
35.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
3.2%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
14.4%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
7.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
124,064
188,461
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
278 /1k
568 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
326 kt
271 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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216
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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623
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
18 km/1000km²
32 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
168
43
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
9,403
19,106
Population aged 65+
6,527
11,984
Population aged under 15
1,602
3,595
Median age of population
57.8 yrs
56.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
69.4%
62.7%
Crude rate of total population change
4.9 /1k
-45.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.8 /1k
-34.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
3.3 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
16.1 /1k
Live births
57
187
Deaths
213
573
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
86.5%
81.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.82
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
10 /km²
252 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
7,691
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
27.4%
23.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.1 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
24.6%
17.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
211 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,039 /100k
1,212 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
222 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
63.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
28.7 /100k
259 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
40.1 /100k
2,837 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
113 /M
46 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
449 m
566 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
103 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
5 days/yr