NUTS-3 HU212 · Hungary
Population
299,2622025
GDP
€6,185M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,275.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HU212 · RO421
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Komárom-Esztergom (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Arad (33). Contrarian pick: Arad — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 94).
Strengths
Industrial base (98) · Cost advantage (90)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
#2Arad
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Industrial base (76)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 21% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Komárom-Esztergom
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Arad may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Komárom-Esztergom 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
46.8
33.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
16.0
49.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.8
26.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
41.0
24.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
15.5
33.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
61.4
49.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.1% 5y
3.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.3% 5y
2.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€20,666
€16,634
Population density
132 /km²
53 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,314M
€6,185M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€221M
€302M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,414M
€1,828M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,293M
€1,514M
GVA — construction (F)
€304M
€488M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€776M
€1,494M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
€9,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,100 PPS
27,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,600
€16,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,688M
€5,950M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,817M
€880M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,959M
€11,679M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€517M
€477M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€46M
€98M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€899M
€982M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€699M
€1,090M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,758M
€5,307M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€45,317
€44,089
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,725M
€1,466M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
144,250
172,330
Self-employed persons
11,260
15,320
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,010
62,170
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.6%
64.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.4%
31.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
5.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
155,000
169,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,159
24,186
Enterprise births
2,284
2,580
Enterprise deaths
626
1,599
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
5.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.3%
6.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.1%
19.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
23.2%
17.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
10.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.3%
18.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.5%
9.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.2%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
589,275
333,970
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
473 /1k
476 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,214
136
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,279 kt
11,766 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
25 km/1000km²
8 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
406
33
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
69
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)
196,361
264,632
Population aged 65+
59,762
83,348
Population aged under 15
43,139
62,340
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.4%
31.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.6 /1k
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.8 /1k
4.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
13.7 /1k
13.6 /1k
Live births
2,403
3,010
Deaths
4,132
5,589
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.4%
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
136 /km²
53 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
272,432
286,007
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.8%
20.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.1 yrs
76.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.6%
11.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
805 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,712 /100k
1,939 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
323 /100k
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.6 /100k
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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151 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
340 /100k
313 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
62 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
191 m
192 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
16 days/yr
19 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
4 days/yr