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NUTS-3 RO222 · Romania
Buzău
Population
395,5172025
GDP
€4,778M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
11.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
62.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
6,090.2 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
27.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
39.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
15.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
24.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
13.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
41.0

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€12,080
Population density
65 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 70 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,330M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€258M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,051M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€837M
GVA — construction (F)
€295M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,017M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€7,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,740M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€569M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,406M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€602M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€26M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€886M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€824M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
157,930
Self-employed persons
45,060
Employment in manufacturing (C)
32,080
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
63.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
31.4%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,603
Enterprise births
1,642
Enterprise deaths
1,134
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.7%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
3 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
14.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
16.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
13.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
215,902
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
415 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
839
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
212
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
94
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
247,970
Population aged 65+
92,591
Population aged under 15
54,956
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
15.5 /1k
Live births
2,602
Deaths
6,170
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
66 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
38.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
75.7 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
634 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,908 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
233 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
91.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
94 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
292 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr