NUTS-3 EL644 · Greece
Φθιώτιδα
Fthiotida
Export region data (CSV)Φθιώτιδα generates €2.5bn of GDP across 132.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 22.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +3.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 13.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (51th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
22.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46.6
Livability22
Market access12
Economic scale11
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)
19
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability26
Labour stability1
Diversification47
Demographic stability2
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)
5.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density3
Airport access1
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)
11
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary24
Lifelong learning2
Knowledge workers3
Scientists & engineers15
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)
22
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy11
Jobs15.5
Education21.5
Health51
Safety30
Connectivity3
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
46.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+13.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-10.8 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: Industry · 30.4%Diversified · HHI 2271
Agriculture 6%Industry 30.4%Construction 1%Trade · transport · ICT 22.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.4%Public · health · education 21%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,160M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€130M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — industry (B–E)
€657M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€565M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — construction (F)
€22M
2023 · EU pctl 1
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€478M
2023 · EU pctl 14
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,400
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
19,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 8
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,900
2023 · EU pctl 12
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€2,619M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€156M
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€3,486M
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€283M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — information & communication (J)
€17M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€420M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€454M
2023 · EU pctl 9
Labour market
Employment, total persons
79,890
2023 · EU pctl 35
Self-employed persons
33,180
2023 · EU pctl 74
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,400
2023 · EU pctl 20
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
70.4%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,738
2023 · EU pctl 39
Enterprise births
622
2023 · EU pctl 32
Enterprise deaths
350
2023 · EU pctl 17
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 30
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.5%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
33.2%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
14.4%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
340,144
2024 · EU pctl 22
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
278 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · 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.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
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.
184
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)
79,437
2025 · EU pctl 22
Population aged 65+
37,824
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged under 15
15,133
2025 · EU pctl 18
Median age of population
51.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 92
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.6%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of total population change
-10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Live births
732
2024 · EU pctl 15
Deaths
1,970
2024 · EU pctl 31
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
2024 · EU pctl 27
Population density (persons per km²)
30 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 8
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
27.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
211 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,039 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
222 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
182 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
461 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
113 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
162 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
15 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
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