NUTS-3 EL631 · Greece
Αιτωλοακαρνανία
Aitoloakarnania
Export region data (CSV)Αιτωλοακαρνανία generates €2.7bn of GDP across 183.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 21.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 11.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (48th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
21.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.8
Livability27.5
Market access4
Economic scale12
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)
31.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability37
Labour stability0
Diversification84
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)
4
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access4
Market access4
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)
5.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary7
Lifelong learning3
Knowledge workers3
Scientists & engineers10
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)
27.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy8
Jobs7
Education30
Health41.5
Safety30.7
Connectivity—
Environment48
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
42.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+0.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+11.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-11.9 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 · 26%Diversified · HHI 2039
Agriculture 10.3%Industry 18.1%Construction 2.9%Trade · transport · ICT 26%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.3%Public · health · education 23.4%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,399M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€248M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — industry (B–E)
€435M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€246M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€68M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€623M
2023 · EU pctl 21
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,200
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 4
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,100
2023 · EU pctl 8
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,755M
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€79M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€3,384M
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€348M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — information & communication (J)
€24M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€463M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€562M
2023 · EU pctl 12
Labour market
Employment, total persons
85,580
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
40,780
2023 · EU pctl 81
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,410
2023 · EU pctl 13
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
66.4%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
27.1%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,011
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise births
987
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise deaths
614
2023 · EU pctl 34
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 48
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.6%
2023 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.4%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
21.7%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
26.7%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
14.9%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
451,824
2024 · EU pctl 30
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
318 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
149
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
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)
109,780
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged 65+
49,808
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged under 15
24,132
2025 · EU pctl 36
Median age of population
50.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 84
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of total population change
-13.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
14.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Live births
1,232
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
2,603
2024 · EU pctl 44
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
36 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 11
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
27.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
309 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,085 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
234 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
84.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
303 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
93 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
407 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 52
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