NUTS-3 EL644 · Greece
Φθιώτιδα
Fthiotida
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard24 → 18 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Demographic outlook96
Cost advantage86
Industrial base80
Energy cost58
Growth momentum47
Quality of life22
Resilience19
Labour market17
Talent & skills11
Freight intensity11
Economic base8
Governance8
Connectivity5
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,476M2023
5.2% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,267M2025
2.0% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Population
132,3942025
1.1% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Unemployment rate
8.6%2025
0.0% 1y 14.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Employment
79,8902023
0.3% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Productivity / employee
€34,0992025
4.1% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Gross value added
€2,160M2023
4.1% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
All indicators · 85 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,267M
2025 · EU pctl 13
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€34,099
2025 · EU pctl 5
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€755M
2025 · EU pctl 17
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
60,700
2025 · EU pctl 21
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 24 · 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
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,570 kt
2025 · EU pctl 9
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
18 km/1000km²
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
114,665
2100 · EU pctl 23
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
211 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.56
2022 · EU pctl 12
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.42
2022 · EU pctl 10
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.49
2022 · EU pctl 16
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.32
2022 · EU pctl 10
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.24
2022 · EU pctl 14
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.143/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 42
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.039/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 0
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
10.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.7%
2021 · EU pctl 16
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