NUTS-3 EL432 · Greece
Λασίθι
Lasithi
Λασίθι generates €1.5bn of GDP across 77.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 13.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (64th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (22th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard22 → 20 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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 advantage81
Growth momentum65
Energy cost58
Air quality58
Quality of life42
Labour market27
Freight intensity26
Resilience26
Economic base25
Talent & skills18
Demographic outlook13
Connectivity12
Governance8
Industrial base3
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)
28.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65
Livability42.3
Market access1
Economic scale4
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)
25.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability19
Labour stability4
Diversification47
Demographic stability33
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)
12
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access23
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)
17.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary37
Lifelong learning1
Knowledge workers14
Scientists & engineers19
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.57.1 µg/m³
PM1015.9 µg/m³
NO2—
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)
42.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy22
Jobs32.5
Education38.5
Health64
Safety37.7
Connectivity—
Environment59
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
65
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+13.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-12.2 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 · 34.3%Diversified · HHI 2270
Agriculture 19.8%Industry 11.5%Construction 1.2%Trade · transport · ICT 34.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.5%Public · health · education 13.6%
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)
€1,531M2023
6.3% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,367M2025
2.0% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Population
77,1312025
0.1% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Unemployment rate
5.1%2025
41.4% 1y 21.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Employment
31,3302023
2.2% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Productivity / employee
€53,6002025
4.1% 1y 5.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Gross value added
€1,336M2023
5.2% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,336M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€265M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — industry (B–E)
€154M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€45M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — construction (F)
€17M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€459M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€12,800
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 25
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,100
2023 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€2,427M
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€104M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€4,111M
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€169M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — information & communication (J)
€18M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€260M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€181M
2023 · EU pctl 2
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,367M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,600
2025 · EU pctl 20
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€378M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,330
2023 · EU pctl 5
Self-employed persons
12,020
2023 · EU pctl 41
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,190
2023 · EU pctl 1
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.0%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
12.9%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.1%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
33,600
2025 · EU pctl 7
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,790
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise births
429
2023 · EU pctl 21
Enterprise deaths
130
2023 · EU pctl 2
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 22
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
36.5%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
3.1%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,100,561
2024 · EU pctl 84
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
500 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,437 kt
2025 · EU pctl 7
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
1 km/1000km²
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
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)
46,608
2025 · EU pctl 8
Population aged 65+
20,362
2025 · EU pctl 10
Population aged under 15
10,161
2025 · EU pctl 8
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 69
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.7%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Crude rate of total population change
-1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
519
2024 · EU pctl 8
Deaths
947
2024 · EU pctl 8
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
43 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 13
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
62,211
2100 · EU pctl 8
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
410 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
966 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
213 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
15.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
104 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
71 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 88 · 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)
102 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 60
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
106
2024 · EU pctl 100
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
3.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.2%
2021 · EU pctl 51
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