NUTS-3 HU213 · Hungary
Population
333,3452025
GDP
€5,471M2024
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
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Area
4,458 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HU213 · HU333
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Veszprém (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Csongrád-Csanád (38). Contrarian pick: Csongrád-Csanád — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 94).
#1Veszprém
Strengths
Cost advantage (90) · Labour market (82)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Labour market (67)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 34% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Veszprém
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Csongrád-Csanád may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Veszprém 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
42.7
37.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
33.5
39.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.0
33.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
40.7
34.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
15.5
16.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
60.8
60.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.8% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.5% 5y
7.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€16,413
€15,657
Population density
75 /km²
91 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,701M
€5,222M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€201M
€307M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,273M
€839M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,163M
€788M
GVA — construction (F)
€310M
€344M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€897M
€1,116M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
€9,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,100 PPS
22,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,300
€15,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,688M
€6,421M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,817M
€1,410M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,959M
€7,243M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€650M
€694M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€78M
€244M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,066M
€1,210M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€955M
€1,406M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,209M
€4,594M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€42,380
€40,002
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,526M
€2,124M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
136,460
160,560
Self-employed persons
16,020
18,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,070
26,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.6%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.4%
17.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
167,600
199,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
31,542
35,209
Enterprise births
2,752
3,307
Enterprise deaths
712
819
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.3%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.1%
24.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
23.2%
23.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.3%
18.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.5%
4.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.2%
91.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,723,728
796,822
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
473 /1k
446 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,331
2,543
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,618 kt
4,774 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
699
655
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
25 km/1000km²
12 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
121
112
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
212,339
250,281
Population aged 65+
75,843
86,359
Population aged under 15
45,163
51,466
Median age of population
46.6 yrs
45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.7%
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.9 /1k
-3.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.4 /1k
2.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
13.7 /1k
13.9 /1k
Live births
2,433
2,958
Deaths
4,587
5,404
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
93 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
280,668
373,079
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.8%
25.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.1 yrs
76.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.6%
19.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
645 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,712 /100k
1,709 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
323 /100k
306 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.1 /100k
4.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
432 /100k
364 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
62 /M
73 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
0.66
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
0.29
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
0.24
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
0.04
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
0.67
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.171/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
369 m
81 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
32 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
57 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
2 days/yr