NUTS-3 RO322 · Romania
Population
604,2642025
GDP
€10,406M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
1.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,565.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
RO322 · SK041
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ilfov (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Prešovský kraj (44). Contrarian pick: Prešovský kraj — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 87).
#1Ilfov
Strengths
Demographic outlook (94) · Growth momentum (91)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (87) · Demographic outlook (75)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ilfov
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 2) — Prešovský kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ilfov 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
59.3
44.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
39.8
38.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.3
22.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
8.0
33.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.7
18.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.5
27.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
91.0
65.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.5% 5y
2.0% 5y
Population
4.4% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
17.8% 5y
5.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€17,221
€14,571
Population density
386 /km²
90 /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)
€9,430M
€10,679M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€112M
€229M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,734M
€2,264M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,503M
€2,181M
GVA — construction (F)
€663M
€1,391M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,768M
€2,652M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€17,600
€11,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
29,100 PPS
18,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,500
€14,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€34,028M
€4,308M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,152M
€826M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,853M
€10,472M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€858M
€817M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€389M
€379M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,227M
€1,908M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€925M
€2,236M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,973M
€9,650M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€59,870
€43,821
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,867M
€1,966M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
193,490
283,240
Self-employed persons
6,260
55,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,460
63,370
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.4%
73.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.7%
26.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.8%
9.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
320,000
390,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
43,824
88,255
Enterprise births
6,853
10,943
Enterprise deaths
3,312
12,808
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
9.4%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.5%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
40.7%
26.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
47.3%
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.5%
11.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.0%
18.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.0%
4.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.7%
91.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
311,065
2,923,584
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
671 /1k
419 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,191 kt
13,055 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,805
64
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
72 km/1000km²
10 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
299
8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
12
94
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)
419,555
528,255
Population aged 65+
81,214
133,917
Population aged under 15
103,495
147,836
Median age of population
40.1 yrs
39.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
19.4%
25.4%
Crude rate of total population change
34.7 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
34.8 /1k
-1.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
11.5 /1k
Crude death rate
7.3 /1k
8.5 /1k
Live births
4,253
9,295
Deaths
4,309
6,881
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.0%
53.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
1.84
Population density (persons per km²)
390 /km²
90 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
723,916
682,214
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.6%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.8 yrs
78.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
2.7%
20.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
1,057 /100k
616 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,823 /100k
1,695 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
328 /100k
265 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.6 /100k
4.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
171 /100k
47.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
161 /100k
96.2 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M
34 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.20
0.80
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.39
0.73
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.44
0.59
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.07
0.38
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.55
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.155/kWh
€0.160/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.063/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
80 m
441 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
115 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
4 days/yr