NUTS-3 EL543 · Greece
Ιωάννινα
Ioannina
Export region data (CSV)Ιωάννινα generates €2.3bn of GDP across 168.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 11.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (81.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (0.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
28.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.8
Livability36.1
Market access3
Economic scale10
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)
40.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability33
Labour stability4
Diversification38
Demographic stability88
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)
13.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access24
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)
30
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary74
Lifelong learning2
Knowledge workers24
Scientists & engineers20
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)
0.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.524.5 µg/m³
PM1034.2 µg/m³
NO232.4 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)
36.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy10.5
Jobs8.5
Education57
Health81.5
Safety58.7
Connectivity—
Environment0.3
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
65.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+11.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-8.0 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 · 31.9%Diversified · HHI 2325
Agriculture 3.1%Industry 15.9%Construction 3.8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.2%Public · health · education 31.9%
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)
€2,043M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€63M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€324M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€216M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — construction (F)
€78M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€432M
2023 · EU pctl 12
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)
17,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 4
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,200
2023 · EU pctl 8
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,087M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€83M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€1,682M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€299M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — information & communication (J)
€33M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€495M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€651M
2023 · EU pctl 16
Labour market
Employment, total persons
70,600
2023 · EU pctl 29
Self-employed persons
19,480
2023 · EU pctl 56
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,770
2023 · EU pctl 14
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
69.9%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
26.1%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,016
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise births
1,070
2023 · EU pctl 46
Enterprise deaths
595
2023 · EU pctl 33
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.8%
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.2%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.4%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · 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)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
19.2%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,026,381
2024 · EU pctl 54
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
418 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
83
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
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)
104,934
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged 65+
42,852
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged under 15
21,098
2025 · EU pctl 30
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of total population change
24.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
30.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
911
2024 · EU pctl 21
Deaths
1,832
2024 · EU pctl 28
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.9%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
2024 · EU pctl 8
Population density (persons per km²)
34 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 10
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
25.3%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
482 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
869 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
201 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
12.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
83.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
838 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
48 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
34
2024 · EU pctl 100
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
32
2024 · EU pctl 99
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 66
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