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NUTS-3 RO126 · Romania

Sibiu

Population

394,9632025

GDP

€7,807M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.1%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

70%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

5,423.4 km²

NUTS-3 RO125 · Romania

Mureş

Population

519,5742025

GDP

€7,522M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.1%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

70%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

6,704.5 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Sibiu (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Mureş (41).

#1Sibiu

Strengths

Cost advantage (95) · Industrial base (80)

Red flags

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)

Governance (EU bottom 15%)

#2Mureş

Strengths

Cost advantage (95) · Digital readiness (80)

Red flags

Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)

Labour market (EU bottom 15%)

Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)

Governance (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Sibiu

Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 2) — Mureş may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

Sibiu 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

42.0

41.1

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

34.8

37.5

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

27.1

27.0

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

45.3

23.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

24.3

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

74.8

73.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

2.6% 5y

1.6% 5y

Population

0.3% 5y

0.5% 5y

Unemployment rate

10.0% 5y

10.4% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€19,766

€14,478

Population density

73 /km²

77 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€7,074M

€6,816M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€150M

€346M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€1,944M

€1,487M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€1,837M

€1,319M

GVA — construction (F)

€539M

€545M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€1,695M

€1,903M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€9,200

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

32,800 PPS

24,000 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€19,800

€14,500

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€10,071M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€1,159M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€14,134M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

€690M

€501M

GVA — information & communication (J)

€405M

€187M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€1,511M

€981M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€1,235M

€1,554M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€5,543M

€5,341M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€47,437

€44,537

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€2,283M

€2,200M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

183,200

188,020

Self-employed persons

24,130

29,020

Employment in manufacturing (C)

59,340

41,750

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

66.3%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

24.2%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

4.2%

4.1%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

166,200

218,600

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

24,460

28,695

Enterprise births

3,125

3,161

Enterprise deaths

1,762

1,777

3-year enterprise survival rate

5.8%

6.1%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

0.4%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

2.8%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

0.4%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

19.7%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

20.6%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

7.8%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

18.2%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

8.9%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

97.4%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

951,937

964,058

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

433 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

3,733 kt

6,361 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

603

145

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

6 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

153

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

251,903

331,382

Population aged 65+

77,886

104,262

Population aged under 15

65,174

83,930

Median age of population

42.4 yrs

43.4 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

30.9%

31.5%

Crude rate of total population change

3.5 /1k

-0.5 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

6.1 /1k

3.9 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.3 /1k

8.6 /1k

Crude death rate

10.8 /1k

12.9 /1k

Live births

3,254

4,452

Deaths

4,277

6,721

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

56.8%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.44

1.55

Population density (persons per km²)

73 /km²

78 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

319,797

372,288

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

24.1%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

77.0 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

19.1%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

749 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,780 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

236 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

2.8 /100k

0.4 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

8.6 /100k

9.0 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

184 /100k

172 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

200 /100k

372 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

72 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.20

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.39

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.44

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.07

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.55

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.155/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.051/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

617 m

323 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

4 days/yr

12 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

104 days/yr

100 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

4 days/yr