NUTS-3 EL653 · Greece
Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία
Lakonia, Messinia
Export region data (CSV)Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία generates €4.1bn of GDP across 226.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 29.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.9%/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 (13th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
29.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.4
Livability31.4
Market access10
Economic scale24
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)
33.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability23
Labour stability5
Diversification92
Demographic stability14
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)
6.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access3
Market access10
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)
31.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 5/7 pillars
Economy13
Jobs18
Education24
Health52.5
Safety49.3
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
52.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 23.5%Diversified · HHI 1937
Agriculture 18.7%Industry 14.3%Construction 3%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.5%Public · health · education 19.5%
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)
€3,560M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€665M
2023 · EU pctl 93
GVA — industry (B–E)
€510M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€394M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€106M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€748M
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
20,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 10
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,700
2023 · EU pctl 14
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)
€631M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — information & communication (J)
€28M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€835M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€696M
2023 · EU pctl 17
Labour market
Employment, total persons
117,070
2023 · EU pctl 50
Self-employed persons
50,920
2023 · EU pctl 87
Employment in manufacturing (C)
4,620
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)
19,539
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise births
1,272
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise deaths
580
2023 · EU pctl 31
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.8%
2023 · EU pctl 31
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)
3,246,258
2024 · EU pctl 79
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.
164
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
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)
136,374
2025 · EU pctl 45
Population aged 65+
63,451
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged under 15
26,551
2025 · EU pctl 40
Median age of population
50.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 87
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
14.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Live births
1,442
2024 · EU pctl 40
Deaths
3,340
2024 · EU pctl 56
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.0%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
34 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 10
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
99.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
376 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
88 /M pop
2022 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
324 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
91 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
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