NUTS-3 HU312 · Hungary
Population
282,4902025
GDP
€4,340M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,637.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HU312 · LV00B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Heves (Opportunity 32). Runner-up: Kurzeme (29). Contrarian pick: Kurzeme — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 87).
#1Heves
Strengths
Cost advantage (96) · Industrial base (91)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
#2Kurzeme
Strengths
Freight intensity (87) · Cost advantage (84)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Heves
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%); Resilience (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Kurzeme may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Heves 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
32.0
29.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
14.5
32.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
21.8
35.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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49.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
40.7
37.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
17.5
56.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.2
52.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
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Population
0.6% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
16.9% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€15,363
€14,650
Population density
78 /km²
17 /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)
€3,729M
€3,540M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€119M
€426M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,516M
€869M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,212M
€701M
GVA — construction (F)
€201M
€207M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€586M
€761M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€8,700
€12,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,600 PPS
18,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,300
€14,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€3,870M
€9,718M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,489M
€1,006M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,296M
€21,296M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€323M
€285M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€37M
€61M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€534M
€471M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€773M
€806M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,213M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€40,750
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,119M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
112,560
128,950
Self-employed persons
10,010
17,050
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,650
22,540
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.3%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.8%
14.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.0%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
134,700
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,291
17,143
Enterprise births
1,863
2,273
Enterprise deaths
592
1,215
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
0.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
5.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
21.1%
40.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
20.9%
44.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.5%
11.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
15.4%
24.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.3%
8.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.2%
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,428,444
672,267
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
400 /1k
424 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,387
2,363
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,784 kt
14,001 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
19 km/1000km²
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
491
860
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
89
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)
179,240
171,368
Population aged 65+
62,513
62,014
Population aged under 15
40,737
41,416
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
45.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
36.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.0 /1k
-12.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.7 /1k
-3.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude death rate
14.8 /1k
15.2 /1k
Live births
2,395
1,935
Deaths
4,203
4,189
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
60.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.32
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
18 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
239,753
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
30.5%
24.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
75.1 yrs
76.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
23.2%
22.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
696 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,883 /100k
1,728 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
334 /100k
278 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.6 /100k
6.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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85.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,440 /100k
440 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
60 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.114/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.050/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
164 m
95 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
108 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
2 days/yr