NUTS-3 RO215 · Romania
Population
645,9302025
GDP
€6,405M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
69.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
8,557.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
RO215 · PL823
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Rzeszowski (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Suceava (30). Contrarian pick: Suceava — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Demographic outlook (89)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
#2Suceava
Strengths
Cost advantage (98) · Resilience (64)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Rzeszowski
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 13) — Suceava may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Rzeszowski 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
30.3
45.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
64.3
22.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
17.8
35.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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13.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
30.7
55.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
16.8
41.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.2
63.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.0% 5y
4.7% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
13.7% 5y
3.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€9,917
€17,598
Population density
75 /km²
174 /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)
€5,804M
€9,861M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€507M
€93M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€945M
€2,662M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€835M
€2,251M
GVA — construction (F)
€420M
€711M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,622M
€2,853M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€7,200
€9,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
16,500 PPS
25,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,900
€17,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,628M
€5,847M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€620M
€1,209M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,735M
€11,647M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€602M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€69M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€945M
€1,509M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,366M
€2,032M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,348M
€9,552M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€24,768
€44,535
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,486M
€2,631M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
287,890
311,600
Self-employed persons
111,030
51,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,430
50,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
65.9%
69.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
21.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.7%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
268,000
278,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,771
43,710
Enterprise births
2,686
5,167
Enterprise deaths
1,417
5,154
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.4%
2.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.2%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
13.4%
34.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
19.0%
42.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.0%
5.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
13.0%
24.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.8%
8.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.0%
97.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,096,195
793,386
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
344 /1k
612 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,284 kt
18,044 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
116
2,237
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
1 km/1000km²
9 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
18
361
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
43
2
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)
406,851
401,159
Population aged 65+
115,421
115,095
Population aged under 15
123,658
103,895
Median age of population
40.5 yrs
41.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.4%
28.7%
Crude rate of total population change
1.1 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.1 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
9.3 /1k
Live births
6,544
5,296
Deaths
7,555
5,780
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
54.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.81
1.29
Population density (persons per km²)
76 /km²
175 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
630,403
614,982
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
30.3%
18.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
75.5 yrs
79.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
23.4%
16.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
668 /100k
691 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,885 /100k
1,450 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
246 /100k
217 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.1 /100k
3.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
115 /100k
30.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
100 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
87 /M
53 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.20
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.39
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.44
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.07
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.55
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.155/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
494 m
212 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
110 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
4 days/yr