NUTS-3 EL651 · Greece
Αργολίδα, Αρκαδία
Argolida, Arkadia
Export region data (CSV)Αργολίδα, Αρκαδία generates €3.4bn of GDP across 166.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 25.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +2.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (52.5th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (17.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
25.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.6
Livability31.3
Market access15
Economic scale19
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)
34.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability40
Labour stability5
Diversification85
Demographic stability9
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)
9.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access4
Market access15
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)
17
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary51
Lifelong learning0
Knowledge workers3
Scientists & engineers14
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)
31.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy17.5
Jobs18
Education24
Health52.5
Safety44.3
Connectivity—
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
36.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.1 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 · 28.5%Diversified · HHI 2035
Agriculture 12.5%Industry 28.5%Construction 2.7%Trade · transport · ICT 19.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.8%Public · health · education 18.3%
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 · 64 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,960M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€371M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — industry (B–E)
€845M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€389M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€79M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€567M
2023 · EU pctl 19
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€12,100
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 19
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,500
2023 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,939M
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€94M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€3,179M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€409M
2023 · EU pctl 26
GVA — information & communication (J)
€32M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€558M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€541M
2023 · EU pctl 11
Labour market
Employment, total persons
84,810
2023 · EU pctl 38
Self-employed persons
37,330
2023 · EU pctl 78
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,660
2023 · EU pctl 10
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,013
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise births
977
2023 · EU pctl 44
Enterprise deaths
445
2023 · EU pctl 24
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 33
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.1%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
25.8%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · 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)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,718,753
2024 · EU pctl 66
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
208 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · 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)
100,141
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
45,864
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
20,070
2025 · EU pctl 28
Median age of population
50.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of total population change
-7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Live births
994
2024 · EU pctl 25
Deaths
2,407
2024 · EU pctl 40
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.8%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
25 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 6
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
38.1%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
236 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,000 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
219 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
53.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
435 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
88 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
662 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
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