NUTS-3 HU232 · Hungary
Population
290,2452025
GDP
€3,771M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
6,060.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
HU232 · EL642
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Εύβοια (Opportunity 33). Runner-up: Somogy (32). Contrarian pick: Somogy — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 95).
#1Εύβοια
Strengths
Cost advantage (86) · Industrial base (74)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
#2Somogy
Strengths
Cost advantage (95) · Growth momentum (56)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Εύβοια
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 8) — Somogy may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Somogy · Manufacturing → Εύβοια · Office → Εύβοια · Residential → Εύβοια.
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
32.0
32.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.0
22.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
27.1
25.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.3
33.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
11.3
11.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.0
60.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.2% 5y
3.3% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
9.3% 5y
14.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€12,991
€16,941
Population density
48 /km²
51 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,240M
€3,132M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€274M
€94M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€556M
€1,096M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€487M
€736M
GVA — construction (F)
€234M
€41M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€651M
€788M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,200
€11,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,300 PPS
21,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,900
€17,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,847M
€2,619M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€583M
€156M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€4,955M
€3,486M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€370M
€390M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€39M
€24M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€624M
€548M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€901M
€565M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,762M
€3,287M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€39,867
€55,157
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,459M
€1,094M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
99,970
71,600
Self-employed persons
11,960
21,970
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,210
9,940
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.7%
70.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
19.4%
18.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
8.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
139,800
100,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,195
16,725
Enterprise births
2,147
1,305
Enterprise deaths
608
460
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
1.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.6%
24.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
22.0%
33.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.0%
3.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.9%
14.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
5.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
92.2%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,004,911
1,721,401
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
453 /1k
278 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,937
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Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,142 kt
3,674 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
24 km/1000km²
18 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
667
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
62
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
181,467
131,513
Population aged 65+
70,131
52,253
Population aged under 15
38,647
28,084
Median age of population
47.6 yrs
47.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.6%
39.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.4 /1k
7.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.3 /1k
15.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude death rate
15.5 /1k
13.6 /1k
Live births
2,147
1,291
Deaths
4,504
2,869
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
61.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
51 /km²
51 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
230,101
165,325
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.4%
27.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
76.8 yrs
82.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
18.0%
24.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
677 /100k
211 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,709 /100k
1,039 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
326 /100k
222 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
25.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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186 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
519 /100k
419 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
67 /M
113 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
164 m
432 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
36 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
10 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
8 days/yr