NUTS-3 EL621 · Greece
Ζάκυνθος
Zakynthos
Export region data (CSV)Ζάκυνθος generates €942M of GDP across 40.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 23.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 8.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (60.7th EU percentile) and weakest for education (6th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
23.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58.4
Livability29.8
Market access2
Economic scale2
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)
8.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability3
Labour stability15
Diversification1
Demographic stability16
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)
1.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access1
Market access2
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)
6.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary19
Lifelong learning0
Knowledge workers0
Scientists & engineers7
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)
29.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy32.5
Jobs10.5
Education6
Health39.5
Safety60.7
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
58.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+8.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-7.0 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 55.2%Concentrated · HHI 3648
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 5.7%Construction 2.9%Trade · transport · ICT 55.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.2%Public · health · education 13.4%
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 · 63 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€822M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€29M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — industry (B–E)
€47M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€29M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — construction (F)
€24M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€453M
2023 · EU pctl 13
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€16,700
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 37
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,100
2023 · EU pctl 26
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€798M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€15M
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€1,396M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€107M
2023 · EU pctl 4
GVA — information & communication (J)
€5M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€158M
2023 · EU pctl 2
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€110M
2023 · EU pctl 1
Labour market
Employment, total persons
29,790
2023 · EU pctl 5
Self-employed persons
14,240
2023 · EU pctl 47
Employment in manufacturing (C)
960
2023 · EU pctl 1
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
70.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
30.9%
2023 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,859
2023 · EU pctl 24
Enterprise births
500
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise deaths
136
2023 · EU pctl 2
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 15
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
21.6%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
32.0%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
1.7%
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
11.8%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,438,092
2024 · EU pctl 90
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
460 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
216
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
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)
25,380
2025 · EU pctl 2
Population aged 65+
8,592
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged under 15
6,149
2025 · EU pctl 3
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 50
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
-6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
388
2024 · EU pctl 4
Deaths
461
2024 · EU pctl 2
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.1%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.71
2024 · EU pctl 95
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
35.7%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
331 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,055 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
209 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
129 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
72 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
49 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
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