NUTS-3 EL302 · Greece
Δυτικός Τομέας Αθηνών
Dytikos Tomeas Athinon
Δυτικός Τομέας Αθηνών generates €7.3bn of GDP across 462.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (72th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (2th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard21 → 14 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Cost advantage77
Talent & skills66
Energy cost58
Growth momentum56
Connectivity51
Demographic outlook42
Quality of life34
Industrial base32
Labour market18
Resilience14
Governance8
Economic base6
Freight intensity2
Air quality2
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.2
Livability33.7
Market access38
Economic scale46
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
13.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability28
Labour stability0
Diversification15
Demographic stability11
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
50.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density33
Airport access81
Market access38
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
65.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary83
Lifelong learning14
Knowledge workers85
Scientists & engineers81
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
2
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1030.1 µg/m³
NO226.5 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
33.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy14.5
Jobs17
Education72
Health42.5
Safety55
Connectivity33
Environment2
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
56.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+9.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-6.0 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Trade · transport · ICT · 34.6%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2614
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 15.5%Construction 1.4%Trade · transport · ICT 34.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.1%Public · health · education 22.2%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€7,257M2023
7.7% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,646M2025
2.0% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Population
462,1052025
1.1% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Unemployment rate
8.1%2025
11.0% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Employment
154,4702023
2.1% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Productivity / employee
€50,8542025
4.1% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Gross value added
€6,332M2023
6.5% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
All indicators · 84 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,332M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€983M
2023 · EU pctl 31
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€827M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — construction (F)
€91M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,189M
2023 · EU pctl 66
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,200
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 6
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,100
2023 · EU pctl 11
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,450M
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,445M
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€37,495M
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€905M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — information & communication (J)
€120M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,655M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,406M
2023 · EU pctl 46
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,646M
2025 · EU pctl 50
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,854
2025 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€967M
2025 · EU pctl 25
Labour market
Employment, total persons
154,470
2023 · EU pctl 64
Self-employed persons
26,970
2023 · EU pctl 67
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,770
2023 · EU pctl 51
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.5%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
14.3%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
222,600
2025 · EU pctl 74
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,789
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise births
3,354
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise deaths
1,373
2023 · EU pctl 59
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 67
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.1%
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
44.6%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
51.1%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.6%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.0%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
35,333
2024 · EU pctl 0
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
903 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
955
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,960 kt
2025 · EU pctl 12
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
48 km/1000km²
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
207
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
307,007
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged 65+
96,203
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged under 15
58,895
2025 · EU pctl 71
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of total population change
-10.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
3,225
2024 · EU pctl 73
Deaths
5,310
2024 · EU pctl 76
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
50.5%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
2024 · EU pctl 19
Population density (persons per km²)
6,833 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 99
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
335,769
2100 · EU pctl 69
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
468 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,089 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
239 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
2022 · EU pctl 12
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
2022 · EU pctl 10
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
2022 · EU pctl 16
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
2022 · EU pctl 10
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
2022 · EU pctl 14
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 42
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 0
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
107 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 68
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
30
2024 · EU pctl 99
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
27
2024 · EU pctl 97
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 84
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
1.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 0
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.6%
2021 · EU pctl 56
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