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NUTS-3 BG422 · Bulgaria

Хасково

Population

207,3562025

GDP

€1,523M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.2%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

73%2025

Active firms· FR-only

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Cadastral parcels· FR-only

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Area

5,532.3 km²

NUTS-3 BG333 · Bulgaria

Шумен

Population

149,2792025

GDP

€1,384M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.9%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

79.2%2025

Active firms· FR-only

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Cadastral parcels· FR-only

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Area

3,405.9 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Шумен (Opportunity 30). Runner-up: Хасково (20).

#1Шумен

Strengths

Cost advantage (99) · Growth momentum (77)

Red flags

Economic base (EU bottom 15%)

Governance (EU bottom 15%)

#2Хасково

Strengths

Cost advantage (99) · Energy cost (65)

Red flags

Economic base (EU bottom 15%)

Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)

Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)

Governance (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Шумен

Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 0) — Хасково may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Шумен leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.

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

19.8

30.4

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

29.5

38.8

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

20.7

26.6

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

10.0

18.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

29.8

40.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

50.6

77.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

4.0% 5y

1.9% 5y

Population

0.6% 5y

0.4% 5y

Unemployment rate

1.2% 5y

8.3% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€7,346

€9,269

Population density

37 /km²

44 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€1,329M

€1,207M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€95M

€112M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€175M

€254M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€161M

€199M

GVA — construction (F)

€53M

€67M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€371M

€233M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€6,700

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

11,900 PPS

15,000 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€7,400

€9,300

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€2,738M

€1,591M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€682M

€277M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€5,794M

€4,059M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€187M

€129M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€29M

€10M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€274M

€219M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€360M

€322M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€1,283M

€1,013M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€18,258

€23,276

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€394M

€281M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

99,350

72,790

Self-employed persons

41,770

23,240

Employment in manufacturing (C)

17,290

15,150

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

69.9%

75.6%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

14.6%

14.7%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

3.2%

3.9%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

90,200

72,400

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

11,028

6,423

Enterprise births

1,094

654

Enterprise deaths

1,610

1,012

3-year enterprise survival rate

4.4%

4.5%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

0.4%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

3.2%

3.0%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

0.5%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

29.3%

39.0%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

36.6%

42.4%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

6.8%

9.0%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

21.0%

23.0%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

7.5%

7.0%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

92.3%

92.7%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

257,193

84,000

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

457 /1k

472 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

4,091 kt

4,109 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

9 km/1000km²

8 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

124,506

91,448

Population aged 65+

53,895

38,385

Population aged under 15

28,955

19,446

Median age of population

48.9 yrs

49.4 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

43.3%

42.0%

Crude rate of total population change

1.2 /1k

-2.8 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

10.2 /1k

6.6 /1k

Crude birth rate

7.4 /1k

7.2 /1k

Crude death rate

16.4 /1k

16.6 /1k

Live births

1,529

1,077

Deaths

3,398

2,488

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

66.5%

63.2%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.76

1.66

Population density (persons per km²)

38 /km²

44 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

143,128

120,112

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

34.4%

27.7%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

76.1 yrs

75.4 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

25.6%

21.3%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

924 /100k

605 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

2,023 /100k

2,126 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

240 /100k

229 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

1.0 /100k

0.7 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

10.1 /100k

10.7 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

40.6 /100k

24.1 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

309 /100k

288 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

80 /M

83 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

-0.07

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.25

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

-0.10

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

-0.14

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.33

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.135/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.041/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

251 m

221 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

56 days/yr

37 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

48 days/yr

63 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

7 days/yr

4 days/yr