NUTS-3 BG341 · Bulgaria
Population
388,9192025
GDP
€4,615M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
7,748.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
BG341 · PL722
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski (Opportunity 41). Runner-up: Бургас (30). Contrarian pick: Бургас — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Freight intensity (97) · Cost advantage (91)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
#2Бургас
Strengths
Cost advantage (100) · Growth momentum (70)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 10) — Бургас may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski · Manufacturing → Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski · Office → Бургас · Residential → Бургас.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
30.4
41.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.3
20.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
20.6
30.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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28.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.0
27.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
21.3
32.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
69.8
58.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
4.5% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
1.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
1.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€11,866
€14,469
Population density
50 /km²
64 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,026M
€5,594M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€106M
€468M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€733M
€1,873M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€715M
€1,165M
GVA — construction (F)
€232M
€371M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,330M
€1,241M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€6,200
€10,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
19,300 PPS
20,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,900
€14,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€1,872M
€2,787M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€382M
€630M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,209M
€6,275M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€526M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€76M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€760M
€614M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€865M
€1,027M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,005M
€5,379M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€29,065
€41,895
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€859M
€1,186M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
197,400
187,000
Self-employed persons
64,500
60,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,420
29,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
72.5%
74.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.3%
16.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
4.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
181,300
200,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
28,984
20,789
Enterprise births
3,487
2,313
Enterprise deaths
5,187
2,740
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.4%
1.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
30.9%
37.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.5%
37.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.3%
3.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.4%
23.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.4%
7.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.6%
91.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,905,089
1,076,165
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
450 /1k
602 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,740 kt
31,333 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
88
37
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
11 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
23
9
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
71
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
242,905
269,335
Population aged 65+
89,301
102,442
Population aged under 15
56,713
56,117
Median age of population
46.9 yrs
45.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.8%
38.0%
Crude rate of total population change
11.6 /1k
-10.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.0 /1k
-3.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
5.7 /1k
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
13.1 /1k
Live births
3,037
2,431
Deaths
5,152
5,620
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.1%
58.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
1.05
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
65 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
326,441
241,674
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
35.8%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
75.7 yrs
78.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
27.0%
17.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
797 /100k
878 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
2,099 /100k
1,524 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
215 /100k
263 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.1 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.1 /100k
6.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
26.8 /100k
71.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
466 /100k
73.3 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
79 /M
59 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.07
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.25
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.10
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.14
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.33
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.135/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.041/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
11 m
253 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
89 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
2 days/yr