NUTS-3 HU332 · Hungary
Population
307,1122025
GDP
€3,809M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,626.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
HU332 · HU232
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Somogy (Opportunity 32). Runner-up: Békés (31). Contrarian pick: Békés — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 67).
#1Somogy
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%)
#2Békés
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%)
Why you might not pick Somogy
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Békés may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Somogy 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
30.8
32.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
37.3
43.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
29.7
27.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
38.0
44.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
16.3
11.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.4
56.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
1.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.4% 5y
9.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€12,403
€12,991
Population density
55 /km²
48 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,273M
€3,240M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€434M
€274M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€635M
€556M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€579M
€487M
GVA — construction (F)
€203M
€234M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€549M
€651M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,600
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,400 PPS
18,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,300
€12,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,421M
€4,847M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,410M
€583M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,243M
€4,955M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€252M
€370M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€41M
€39M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€493M
€624M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€959M
€901M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,880M
€2,762M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€37,811
€39,867
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,332M
€1,459M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
106,480
99,970
Self-employed persons
14,150
11,960
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,080
17,210
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.2%
19.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.8%
6.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
153,000
139,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
21,971
23,195
Enterprise births
2,037
2,147
Enterprise deaths
548
608
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.8%
21.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
23.3%
22.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.4%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.1%
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.3%
4.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.7%
92.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
722,057
2,004,911
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
446 /1k
453 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,704
1,937
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,970 kt
3,142 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
555
667
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
12 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
69
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
192,385
181,467
Population aged 65+
74,188
70,131
Population aged under 15
40,539
38,647
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
47.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.6%
38.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-12.3 /1k
-8.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.0 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
16.8 /1k
15.5 /1k
Live births
2,331
2,147
Deaths
5,197
4,504
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
56 /km²
51 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
251,353
230,101
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.1%
25.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
76.5 yrs
76.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.2%
18.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
645 /100k
677 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,709 /100k
1,709 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
306 /100k
326 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
1.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
351 /100k
519 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
73 /M
67 /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)
86 m
164 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
31 days/yr
22 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
65 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr