NUTS-3 EL522 · Greece
Θεσσαλονίκη
Thessaloniki
Export region data (CSV)Θεσσαλονίκη generates €20bn of GDP across 1.1m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 10.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (52th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (0th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55.8
Livability22.4
Market access13
Economic scale81
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)
20.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability24
Labour stability2
Diversification33
Demographic stability23
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)
33
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density0
Airport access86
Market access13
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary64
Lifelong learning7
Knowledge workers36
Scientists & engineers42
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)
6.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.512.4 µg/m³
PM1029.6 µg/m³
NO226.6 µg/m³
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)
22.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15.5
Jobs7
Education52
Health35.5
Safety40
Connectivity0
Environment7
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
55.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+10.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-6.7 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 · 27.6%Diversified · HHI 2364
Agriculture 2%Industry 18.1%Construction 2%Trade · transport · ICT 26.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.7%Public · health · education 27.6%
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).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,155M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€349M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,113M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,517M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — construction (F)
€345M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,548M
2023 · EU pctl 84
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€12,400
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 14
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,100
2023 · EU pctl 16
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,199M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€548M
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€11,333M
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,320M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — information & communication (J)
€416M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,063M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,737M
2023 · EU pctl 85
Labour market
Employment, total persons
540,470
2023 · EU pctl 95
Self-employed persons
112,440
2023 · EU pctl 98
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,040
2023 · EU pctl 91
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
70.7%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
23.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
94,881
2023 · EU pctl 95
Enterprise births
8,770
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise deaths
4,112
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 63
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.7%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
44.3%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
5.5%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.3%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,801,464
2024 · EU pctl 82
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
474 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 14 · 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.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
708,030
2025 · EU pctl 95
Population aged 65+
236,674
2025 · EU pctl 94
Population aged under 15
137,139
2025 · EU pctl 93
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 51
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
7,025
2024 · EU pctl 92
Deaths
11,551
2024 · EU pctl 96
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.8%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
305 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 75
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
33.0%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
453 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,185 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
244 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
264 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
948 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
70 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
30
2024 · EU pctl 98
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
27
2024 · EU pctl 97
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 73
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