NUTS-3 HU120 · Hungary
Population
1,336,1342025
GDP
€24,190M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
6,392.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HU120 · CZ020
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Středočeský kraj (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Pest (62). Contrarian pick: Pest — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 86).
#2Pest
Strengths
Cost advantage (86) · Labour market (85)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Středočeský kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 30) — Pest may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Středočeský kraj 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
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
62.3
66.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
45.5
46.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.2
47.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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33.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
55.7
58.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
37.8
30.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
81.8
73.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.9% 5y
3.4% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.9% 5y
4.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,105
€27,090
Population density
209 /km²
134 /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)
€20,786M
€36,257M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€367M
€807M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,988M
€12,935M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,599M
€11,782M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,802M
€1,624M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,538M
€7,740M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,600
€17,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,600 PPS
33,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,100
€27,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,252M
€10,618M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,013M
€3,435M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€8,334M
€15,003M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,429M
€6,152M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€761M
€676M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,745M
€8,158M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,346M
€4,992M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,979M
€30,954M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,024
€67,989
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,043M
€11,431M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
543,720
624,550
Self-employed persons
55,800
116,840
Employment in manufacturing (C)
106,150
179,010
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.2%
77.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.2%
4.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
1.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
706,100
720,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
141,582
167,850
Enterprise births
13,818
14,783
Enterprise deaths
3,717
10,882
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.6%
6.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
1.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.1%
26.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
33.0%
28.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.4%
8.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.0%
19.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.4%
8.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.3%
94.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,541,555
3,165,017
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
497 /1k
609 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,350
5,408
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
27,112 kt
75,295 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
41 km/1000km²
36 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
326
369
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
30
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)
875,838
939,165
Population aged 65+
240,534
275,321
Population aged under 15
219,762
251,729
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
43.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.5%
29.3%
Crude rate of total population change
2.2 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
9.4 /1k
Live births
11,268
10,981
Deaths
15,138
13,754
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.6%
56.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
213 /km²
136 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,256,877
1,627,919
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.0%
11.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.5 yrs
80.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
8.3%
9.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
202 /100k
474 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,618 /100k
1,450 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
306 /100k
255 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.7 /100k
7.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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229 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
525 /100k
188 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
36 /M
53 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
1.00
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.146/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
150 m
396 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
89 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr