NUTS statistical regions of Greece

The NUTS codes of Greece are part of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, an official nomenclature of the European Commission used by Eurostat for statistical purposes.

In 2011, the NUTS1 code of Greece was changed from GR to EL. GR1 was changed to EL5, GR2 to EL6, GR3 to EL3 and GR4 to EL4.^[1] The change became official per European Commission regulation No. 31/2011. With regard to the transmission of data to Eurostat, the new codes entered into force by 1 January 2012.^[2]

Following the Kallikratis territorial reform, the NUTS regions of Greece were redefined. With the region of Epirus being reclassified as part of Voreia Ellada ("Northern Greece", former EL1), and the region of Thessaly in exchange going to Kentriki Ellada ("Central Greece", former EL2), new NUTS1 codes have been assigned to both regions. Apart from that, a number of third-level divisions have been changed. The changes became official in December 2013 by European Commission regulation No. 1319/2013. With regard to the transmission of data to Eurostat, the new codes entered into force on 1 January 2015.^[3]

The three NUTS levels are as follows:

Per 1 January 2015, the NUTS codes for Greece are as follows:

Below the NUTS levels, the two LAU (Local Administrative Units) levels are:

The LAU codes of Greece can be downloaded here: [1]

• Subdivisions of Greece
• ISO 3166-2 codes of Greece
• FIPS region codes of Greece

• Hierarchical list of the Nomenclature of territorial units for statistics – NUTS and the Statistical regions of Europe
• Overview map of EU Countries – NUTS level 1
  • ELLADA – NUTS level 2^{[permanent dead link‍]}
  • ELLADA – NUTS level 3^{[permanent dead link‍]}
• Correspondence between the NUTS levels and the national administrative units
• List of current NUTS codes
  • Download current NUTS codes (ODS format)
• Departments of Greece, Statoids.com