NUTS-3 EL653 · Greece
Population
226,3762025
GDP
€4,080M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
74.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
6,656.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EL653 · PT111
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Alto Minho (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία (30). Contrarian pick: Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 86).
Strengths
Air quality (99) · Energy cost (90)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Demographic outlook (86) · Cost advantage (84)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Alto Minho
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 6) — Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Alto Minho 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
29.5
43.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
33.5
56.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
31.4
48.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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98.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
6.5
25.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
17.0
63.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.4
67.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.2% 5y
3.4% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.2% 5y
1.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,021
€21,168
Population density
34 /km²
106 /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)
€3,560M
€4,319M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€665M
€83M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€510M
€1,201M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€394M
€910M
GVA — construction (F)
€106M
€249M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€748M
€833M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,100
€13,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,600 PPS
25,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,700
€21,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,939M
€16,004M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€94M
€3,831M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€3,179M
€39,066M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€631M
€433M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€28M
€39M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€835M
€809M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€696M
€829M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,571M
€4,222M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€37,867
€48,991
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€926M
€1,063M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
117,070
104,580
Self-employed persons
50,920
19,540
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,620
23,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.4%
77.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.5%
18.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.2%
6.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
105,700
114,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,539
29,084
Enterprise births
1,272
4,111
Enterprise deaths
580
3,182
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
4.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
2.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.1%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
1.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
25.8%
29.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
41.7%
41.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
2.6%
15.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
14.4%
23.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.7%
10.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
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88.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,246,258
1,228,849
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
208 /1k
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Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,261 kt
2,377 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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36
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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15
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
164
73
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)
136,374
140,731
Population aged 65+
63,451
68,549
Population aged under 15
26,551
25,365
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
50.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.5%
48.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.4 /1k
10.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
16.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
14.7 /1k
13.2 /1k
Live births
1,442
1,518
Deaths
3,340
3,192
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.0%
66.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
34 /km²
107 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
204,276
147,263
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
38.1%
18.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
83.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
30.1%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
239 /100k
327 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,000 /100k
914 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
219 /100k
207 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
23.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
99.5 /100k
191 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
376 /100k
562 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
88 /M
50 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
1.02
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
0.81
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
1.13
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
0.79
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
0.89
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
€0.045/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
324 m
546 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
91 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
17 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
37 days/yr