NUTS-3 EL525 · Greece
Πιερία
Pieria
Export region data (CSV)Πιερία generates €1.9bn of GDP across 115.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 24.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 10.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (78th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (6th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
24.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.2
Livability31.6
Market access8
Economic scale6
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 stability26
Labour stability2
Diversification41
Demographic stability5
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)
20.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
Airport access47
Market access8
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)
31.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy11
Jobs7
Education52
Health35.5
Safety78
Connectivity6
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
53.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.3%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 35.1%Diversified · HHI 2303
Agriculture 9.7%Industry 12.1%Construction 2.7%Trade · transport · ICT 35.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.2%Public · health · education 22.3%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,615M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€157M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — industry (B–E)
€195M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€152M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — construction (F)
€44M
2023 · EU pctl 3
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€566M
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
17,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 5
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,300
2023 · EU pctl 8
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)
€216M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€294M
2023 · EU pctl 6
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€360M
2023 · EU pctl 6
Labour market
Employment, total persons
51,880
2023 · EU pctl 18
Self-employed persons
23,790
2023 · EU pctl 63
Employment in manufacturing (C)
3,410
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
10,011
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise births
785
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
466
2023 · EU pctl 25
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
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)
4,220,999
2024 · EU pctl 84
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).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
57
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
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)
70,487
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged 65+
29,550
2025 · EU pctl 22
Population aged under 15
15,064
2025 · EU pctl 18
Median age of population
49.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 77
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of total population change
-9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude death rate
13.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Live births
734
2024 · EU pctl 15
Deaths
1,545
2024 · EU pctl 22
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.3%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
76 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 30
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
4.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
57.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
127 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
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