NUTS-3 HU222 · Hungary
Population
245,5982025
GDP
€4,241M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,339.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HU222 · PL619
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Vas (Opportunity 36). Runner-up: Włocławski (34). Contrarian pick: Włocławski — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 79).
#1Vas
Strengths
Cost advantage (92) · Industrial base (92)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Energy cost (79)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Vas
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Włocławski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vas · Manufacturing → Włocławski · Office → Vas · Residential → Vas.
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
35.9
33.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
33.5
29.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
37.5
27.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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16.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
41.3
17.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
15.3
33.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.2
51.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.9% 5y
2.5% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.4% 5y
3.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€17,269
€13,632
Population density
74 /km²
88 /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)
€3,644M
€3,972M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€169M
€318M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,238M
€1,068M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,193M
€881M
GVA — construction (F)
€244M
€349M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€544M
€897M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,600
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,300 PPS
19,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,200
€13,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,295M
€5,384M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,556M
€1,236M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,392M
€12,111M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€419M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€74M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€689M
€493M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€760M
€847M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,324M
€3,829M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€41,672
€39,002
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€955M
€879M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
107,580
138,400
Self-employed persons
11,120
38,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,250
26,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
75.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.6%
15.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
124,700
156,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,816
17,269
Enterprise births
1,841
1,839
Enterprise deaths
458
2,353
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
3.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
26.0%
31.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
21.0%
32.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.3%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.3%
7.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.4%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,577,795
1,905,333
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
502 /1k
613 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,372 kt
13,311 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,604
23
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
9 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
653
7
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
107
110
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)
158,462
206,551
Population aged 65+
54,190
72,337
Population aged under 15
32,946
43,575
Median age of population
46.4 yrs
45.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.2%
35.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.5 /1k
-9.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-4.6 /1k
-3.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
12.9 /1k
Live births
1,814
1,964
Deaths
3,277
4,190
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
56.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
74 /km²
91 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
239,038
188,715
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
12.0%
21.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.5 yrs
78.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
8.9%
19.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
670 /100k
959 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,594 /100k
1,562 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
312 /100k
294 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.4 /100k
9.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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131 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
382 /100k
218 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
65 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
169 m
64 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
78 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr