NUTS-3 EL422 · Greece
Άνδρος, Θήρα, Κέα - Κύθνος, Μήλος, Μύκονος, Νάξος, Πάρος, Σύρος, Τήνος
Andros, Thira, Kea - Kythnos, Milos, Mykonos, Naxos, Paros, Syros, Tinos
Άνδρος, Θήρα, Κέα - Κύθνος, Μήλος, Μύκονος, Νάξος, Πάρος, Σύρος, Τήνος generates €3.4bn of GDP across 115.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 26.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/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 education (5.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable38 → 33 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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)
Demographic outlook92
Cost advantage73
Freight intensity62
Energy cost58
Economic base51
Growth momentum49
Quality of life33
Connectivity18
Labour market12
Governance8
Resilience5
Talent & skills3
Industrial base1
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)
26.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.2
Livability32.5
Market access5
Economic scale18
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)
4.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability3
Labour stability9
Diversification1
Demographic stability6
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)
17.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access30
Market access5
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)
32.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy39
Jobs17
Education5.5
Health62
Safety39
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
49.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.1%
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 · 52.9%Concentrated · HHI 3512
Agriculture 1.7%Industry 5.5%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 52.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.6%Public · health · education 11.6%
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)
€3,365M2023
15.8% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,013M2025
2.0% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Population
115,9492025
1.3% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Unemployment rate
7.4%2025
23.7% 1y 15.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Employment
67,8502023
5.5% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Productivity / employee
€54,1442025
4.1% 1y 7.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Gross value added
€2,936M2023
14.5% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
All indicators · 82 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,936M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — industry (B–E)
€162M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€61M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — construction (F)
€167M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,554M
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
33,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 51
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€26,900
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
€461M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — information & communication (J)
€19M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€663M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€341M
2023 · EU pctl 6
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,013M
2025 · EU pctl 21
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€54,144
2025 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€865M
2025 · EU pctl 21
Labour market
Employment, total persons
67,850
2023 · EU pctl 27
Self-employed persons
26,410
2023 · EU pctl 66
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,340
2023 · EU pctl 4
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
48,900
2025 · EU pctl 14
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,406
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise births
2,237
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise deaths
554
2022 · EU pctl 30
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2022 · EU pctl 87
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.2%
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 6 · 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)
12,755,330
2024 · EU pctl 96
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
399 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,916 kt
2025 · EU pctl 28
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
0 km/1000km²
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
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)
71,394
2025 · EU pctl 19
Population aged 65+
26,368
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged under 15
18,187
2025 · EU pctl 25
Median age of population
46.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 55
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of total population change
-12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
1,180
2024 · EU pctl 31
Deaths
1,316
2024 · EU pctl 15
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.95
2024 · EU pctl 99
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 15
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
118,467
2100 · EU pctl 24
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
263 /100k
2024 · 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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
72.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
387 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
132 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 99 · 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)
311 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
18.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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