NUTS-3 EL511 · Greece
Έβρος
Evros
Έβρος generates €2.1bn of GDP across 136.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 21.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +3.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 8.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (41th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (6.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard18 → 15 EU percentile since 1995 (-4 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 outlook94
Cost advantage88
Energy cost58
Growth momentum53
Resilience25
Freight intensity22
Talent & skills21
Quality of life21
Industrial base15
Governance8
Labour market7
Economic base5
Connectivity5
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)
21.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.6
Livability21.1
Market access3
Economic scale8
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)
25.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability34
Labour stability6
Diversification8
Demographic stability53
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)
4.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access6
Market access3
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)
21.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary55
Lifelong learning4
Knowledge workers8
Scientists & engineers18
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)
21.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy8.5
Jobs6.5
Education26.5
Health23
Safety41
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
52.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+8.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-6.6 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 · 42.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2776
Agriculture 3.7%Industry 13.6%Construction 1.3%Trade · transport · ICT 19%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.5%Public · health · education 42.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,092M2023
5.4% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,937M2025
2.0% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Population
136,4192025
1.4% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Unemployment rate
10.6%2025
8.6% 1y 9.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Employment
61,1002023
0.5% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Productivity / employee
€37,0762025
4.1% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Gross value added
€1,825M2023
4.3% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
All indicators · 83 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,825M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€68M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — industry (B–E)
€248M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€156M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — construction (F)
€25M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€347M
2023 · EU pctl 8
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,100
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 5
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,400
2023 · EU pctl 9
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,728M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€170M
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€3,128M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€228M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — information & communication (J)
€34M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€355M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€782M
2023 · EU pctl 21
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,937M
2025 · EU pctl 10
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€37,076
2025 · EU pctl 7
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€522M
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour market
Employment, total persons
61,100
2023 · EU pctl 23
Self-employed persons
18,440
2023 · EU pctl 55
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,150
2023 · EU pctl 6
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
67.7%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
23.8%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
60,300
2025 · EU pctl 21
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
8,179
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise births
591
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise deaths
400
2023 · EU pctl 21
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 32
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.5%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
16.6%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
590,011
2024 · EU pctl 36
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
412 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,308 kt
2025 · EU pctl 15
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
17 km/1000km²
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
131
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
86,073
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged 65+
33,947
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged under 15
16,399
2025 · EU pctl 20
Median age of population
45.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 43
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65
Crude rate of total population change
13.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
22.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude death rate
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Live births
805
2024 · EU pctl 18
Deaths
2,004
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.5%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
32 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 9
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
169,105
2100 · EU pctl 40
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
435 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,154 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
245 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
11.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
130 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
73 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 89 · 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)
378 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
34 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
8.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 13
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.1%
2021 · EU pctl 40
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