NUTS-3 EL421 · Greece
Κάλυμνος, Κάρπαθος – Ηρωική Νήσος Κάσος, Κως, Ρόδος
Kalymnos, Karpathos, Kasos, Kos, Rodos
Export region data (CSV)Κάλυμνος, Κάρπαθος – Ηρωική Νήσος Κάσος, Κως, Ρόδος generates €4.1bn of GDP across 211.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 27.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 10.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (62th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (2th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
27.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58
Livability27.9
Market access1
Economic scale24
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)
19.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability6
Labour stability9
Diversification2
Demographic stability60
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)
25.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density2
Airport access74
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)
3.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary7
Lifelong learning1
Knowledge workers1
Scientists & engineers4
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)
27.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy21
Jobs17
Education5.5
Health62
Safety60
Connectivity2
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
58
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+10.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-9.4 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 · 50.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3372
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 6.9%Construction 1.7%Trade · transport · ICT 50.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.2%Public · health · education 18.8%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,543M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€65M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — industry (B–E)
€243M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€95M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — construction (F)
€61M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,791M
2023 · EU pctl 59
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€16,100
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 15
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,600
2023 · EU pctl 17
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,625M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€39M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€2,789M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€387M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — information & communication (J)
€34M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€716M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€667M
2023 · EU pctl 17
Labour market
Employment, total persons
119,350
2023 · EU pctl 51
Self-employed persons
33,880
2023 · EU pctl 74
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,430
2023 · EU pctl 7
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
67.7%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
23.6%
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,206
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise births
1,686
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise deaths
529
2022 · EU pctl 28
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2022 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2009 · EU pctl 6
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
3 /M pop
2009 · EU pctl 9
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.2%
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
22.5%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
26.6%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
12.5%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.5%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
28,745,136
2024 · EU pctl 99
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
399 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · 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.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
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)
138,497
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged 65+
41,951
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged under 15
30,639
2025 · EU pctl 46
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 22
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.3%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of total population change
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Live births
1,822
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
1,836
2024 · EU pctl 29
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.4%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
79 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 31
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
27.5%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
269 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
972 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
213 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
72.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
329 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
132 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
297 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
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