NUTS-3 EL632 · Greece
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).
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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