NUTS-3 EL524 · Greece
Πέλλα
Pella
Export region data (CSV)Πέλλα generates €2.3bn of GDP across 120.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 10.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (79th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
28.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63
Livability37.6
Market access6
Economic scale9
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)
18.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability5
Labour stability2
Diversification65
Demographic stability2
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)
14
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access22
Market access6
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
37.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy14.5
Jobs7
Education52
Health35.5
Safety79
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
63
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.6%
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: Agriculture · 31.7%Diversified · HHI 2163
Agriculture 31.7%Industry 15%Construction 2.5%Trade · transport · ICT 22.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 11.3%Public · health · education 16.8%
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).
All indicators · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,030M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€645M
2023 · EU pctl 92
GVA — industry (B–E)
€305M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€248M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€51M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€461M
2023 · EU pctl 13
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)
21,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 12
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,400
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
€154M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — information & communication (J)
€11M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€229M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€340M
2023 · EU pctl 6
Labour market
Employment, total persons
62,280
2023 · EU pctl 24
Self-employed persons
32,890
2023 · EU pctl 73
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,540
2023 · EU pctl 14
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)
9,373
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise births
661
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise deaths
394
2023 · EU pctl 20
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 29
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)
233,769
2024 · EU pctl 14
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
474 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
86
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
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)
73,720
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged 65+
31,387
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged under 15
15,408
2025 · EU pctl 19
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.6%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of total population change
-13.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
15.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Live births
807
2024 · EU pctl 18
Deaths
1,832
2024 · EU pctl 28
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.5%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
49 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 16
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
28.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
97.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
167 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
56 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
40 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 31
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
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