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Αχαΐα

Achaia

Export region data (CSV)

Αχαΐα generates €4.8bn of GDP across 299.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 29.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 11.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (45.3th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (4.7th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
29.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.4
Livability23.2
Market access12
Economic scale29
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)
21.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability27
Labour stability0
Diversification39
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)
7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density
Airport access2
Market access12
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
4.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.514.6 µg/m³
PM1027.8 µg/m³
NO231.4 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)
23.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy10.5
Jobs7
Education30
Health41.5
Safety45.3
Connectivity
Environment4.7
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
54.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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: Public · health · education · 29.2%Diversified · HHI 2320
Agriculture 4.7%Industry 12.7%Construction 3.1%Trade · transport · ICT 23.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.1%Public · health · education 29.2%
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)
€4,217M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€196M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — industry (B–E)
€535M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€406M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€132M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€976M
2023 · EU pctl 35
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)
20,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 9
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,600
2023 · EU pctl 13
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)
€745M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — information & communication (J)
€102M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,144M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,233M
2023 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
120,740
2023 · EU pctl 51
Self-employed persons
34,410
2023 · EU pctl 75
Employment in manufacturing (C)
9,080
2023 · EU pctl 25
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)
24,246
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise births
2,124
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise deaths
1,030
2023 · EU pctl 51
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
969,498
2024 · EU pctl 53
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.
181
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
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)
192,916
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged 65+
67,171
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged under 15
39,602
2025 · EU pctl 55
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.8%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
-4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
2,083
2024 · EU pctl 55
Deaths
3,387
2024 · EU pctl 56
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
2025 · EU pctl 23
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
92 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 37
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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
36.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
305 /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)
838 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
28
2024 · EU pctl 97
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
31
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).
53
2024 · EU pctl 48
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