NUTS-3 EL531 · Greece
Γρεβενά, Κοζάνη
Grevena, Kozani
Export region data (CSV)Γρεβενά, Κοζάνη generates €2.5bn of GDP across 156.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 21.3/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown -2.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (75th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (2th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
21.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34.4
Livability33.6
Market access6
Economic scale11
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)
25.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability30
Labour stability1
Diversification67
Demographic stability4
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)
7.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access9
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)
27.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary74
Lifelong learning2
Knowledge workers18
Scientists & engineers17
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)
39
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511.4 µg/m³
PM1020 µg/m³
NO28.3 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)
33.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy12.5
Jobs2
Education23
Health50
Safety75
Connectivity—
Environment39
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
34.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
-2.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
-3.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-6.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-4.4 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: Industry · 31.8%Diversified · HHI 2150
Agriculture 9.1%Industry 31.8%Construction 4%Trade · transport · ICT 14.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.8%Public · health · education 22.5%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,216M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€202M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — industry (B–E)
€705M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€111M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — construction (F)
€90M
2023 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€327M
2023 · EU pctl 7
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€13,200
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 6
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,300
2023 · EU pctl 11
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,167M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€49M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€1,399M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€264M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — information & communication (J)
€21M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€394M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€499M
2023 · EU pctl 10
Labour market
Employment, total persons
67,350
2023 · EU pctl 27
Self-employed persons
27,060
2023 · EU pctl 67
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,190
2023 · EU pctl 9
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
66.6%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
31.3%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,255
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise births
964
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise deaths
571
2023 · EU pctl 31
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 59
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.7%
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
28.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.0%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.0%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.6%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.9%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
154,355
2024 · EU pctl 8
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
429 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
117
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
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)
96,239
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged 65+
42,424
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged under 15
18,165
2025 · EU pctl 24
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
44.1%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of total population change
-11.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude death rate
13.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
834
2024 · EU pctl 19
Deaths
2,170
2024 · EU pctl 36
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.0%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.17
2024 · EU pctl 17
Population density (persons per km²)
28 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 7
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
29.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
453 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,061 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
234 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
18.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
72.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
56 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,086 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 80
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 22
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 54
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