NUTS-3 EL412 · Greece
Ικαρία, Σάμος
Ikaria, Samos
Export region data (CSV)Ικαρία, Σάμος generates €637M of GDP across 43k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 18.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +3.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (78.5th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
18.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth41.2
Livability32
Market access1
Economic scale1
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability18
Labour stability4
Diversification12
Demographic stability18
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)
17
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access33
Market access1
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)
12.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary2
Lifelong learning6
Knowledge workers1
Scientists & engineers40
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
32
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy7
Jobs21
Education18
Health78.5
Safety35.3
Connectivity—
Environment—
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
41.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-10.1 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: Public · health · education · 32%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2658
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 8.8%Construction 1.9%Trade · transport · ICT 31.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.7%Public · health · education 32%
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).
All indicators · 63 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€556M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€12M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — industry (B–E)
€49M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€24M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — construction (F)
€11M
2023 · EU pctl 0
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€175M
2023 · EU pctl 2
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,200
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
16,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 2
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,900
2023 · EU pctl 5
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€652M
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€19M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€1,148M
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€86M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€132M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€178M
2023 · EU pctl 1
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,780
2023 · EU pctl 2
Self-employed persons
7,750
2023 · EU pctl 26
Employment in manufacturing (C)
850
2023 · EU pctl 1
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
68.6%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
31.9%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,055
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise births
260
2023 · EU pctl 10
Enterprise deaths
81
2021 · EU pctl 0
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2022 · EU pctl 31
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
21.3%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
19.1%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
12.9%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.7%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,377,316
2024 · EU pctl 60
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
302 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
26,965
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged 65+
11,301
2025 · EU pctl 3
Population aged under 15
4,744
2025 · EU pctl 1
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 57
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of total population change
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
18.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
255
2024 · EU pctl 1
Deaths
511
2024 · EU pctl 2
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
56 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 20
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
27.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
349 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
861 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
25.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
104 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
98 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
518 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
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