NUTS-3 EL513 · Greece
Ροδόπη
Rodopi
Export region data (CSV)Ροδόπη generates €1.3bn of GDP across 106.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 19.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +2.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 8.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (43.7th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (6.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
19.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth51.8
Livability21.2
Market access3
Economic scale3
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)
37.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability30
Labour stability6
Diversification48
Demographic stability67
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)
16
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access29
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)
21.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy6.5
Jobs6.5
Education26.5
Health23
Safety43.7
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
51.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 27.5%Diversified · HHI 2259
Agriculture 4.7%Industry 26.5%Construction 1.9%Trade · transport · ICT 19.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.7%Public · health · education 27.5%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,117M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€52M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — industry (B–E)
€296M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€142M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — construction (F)
€22M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€220M
2023 · EU pctl 3
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)
14,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 1
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,800
2023 · EU pctl 3
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)
€134M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — information & communication (J)
€15M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€220M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€307M
2023 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
52,850
2023 · EU pctl 18
Self-employed persons
28,100
2023 · EU pctl 68
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,860
2023 · EU pctl 5
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,755
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
397
2023 · EU pctl 19
Enterprise deaths
263
2023 · EU pctl 11
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 43
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
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)
197,884
2024 · EU pctl 12
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
412 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
76
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
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)
69,994
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged 65+
25,165
2025 · EU pctl 15
Population aged under 15
11,679
2025 · EU pctl 11
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 47
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of total population change
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Live births
616
2024 · EU pctl 10
Deaths
1,409
2024 · EU pctl 18
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
2024 · EU pctl 12
Population density (persons per km²)
42 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 13
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
31.6%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
80.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
439 /100k
2023 · 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
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
24.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
219 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
73 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
99 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
68 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
31 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
13 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
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