NUTS-3 EL612 · Greece
Λάρισα
Larisa
Export region data (CSV)Λάρισα generates €5.1bn of GDP across 266.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.3/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +5.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 9.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (62.3th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (0.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
31.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59.8
Livability25.5
Market access8
Economic scale32
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)
34.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability28
Labour stability3
Diversification89
Demographic stability19
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)
8.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density3
Airport access14
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)
21.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary40
Lifelong learning6
Knowledge workers16
Scientists & engineers25
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)
0.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.519.2 µg/m³
PM1033.1 µg/m³
NO2—
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)
25.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15
Jobs21.5
Education32
Health44
Safety62.3
Connectivity3
Environment0.5
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
59.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+9.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-10.6 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 · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 1976
Agriculture 17.6%Industry 19.1%Construction 3.4%Trade · transport · ICT 13.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.3%Public · health · education 27.1%
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)
€4,470M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€788M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — industry (B–E)
€853M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€673M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — construction (F)
€150M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€604M
2023 · EU pctl 21
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,700
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 16
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,600
2023 · EU pctl 17
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€2,244M
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€354M
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€4,089M
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€581M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — information & communication (J)
€39M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€864M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,211M
2023 · EU pctl 39
Labour market
Employment, total persons
140,970
2023 · EU pctl 59
Self-employed persons
49,770
2023 · EU pctl 87
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,410
2023 · EU pctl 40
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
65.7%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,180
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise births
1,565
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise deaths
748
2023 · EU pctl 41
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.1%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
37.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
5.3%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.9%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
390,071
2024 · EU pctl 26
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
395 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · 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).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
102
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
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)
165,970
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged 65+
63,918
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged under 15
36,186
2025 · EU pctl 51
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 61
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of total population change
1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
1,800
2024 · EU pctl 49
Deaths
3,216
2024 · EU pctl 54
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.3%
2025 · EU pctl 58
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
2024 · EU pctl 45
Population density (persons per km²)
50 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 16
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
30.5%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
592 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,115 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
240 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
43.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
202 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
64 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
33
2024 · EU pctl 100
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