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NUTS-3 RO421 · Romania
Arad
Population
410,3202025
GDP
€6,825M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
66.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
Area
7,755.1 km²

Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores

Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
33.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
49.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
26.2
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
23.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
33.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
49.2

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita
€16,634
Population density
53 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only

All indicators · 71 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,185M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€302M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,828M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,514M
GVA — construction (F)
€488M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,494M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,950M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€880M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,679M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€477M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€98M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€982M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,090M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
172,330
Self-employed persons
15,320
Employment in manufacturing (C)
62,170
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
64.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
31.2%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,186
Enterprise births
2,580
Enterprise deaths
1,599
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
2
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
5 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
19.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
17.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
333,970
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
476 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
69
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
17
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
264,632
Population aged 65+
83,348
Population aged under 15
62,340
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
Crude death rate
13.6 /1k
Live births
3,010
Deaths
5,589
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
53 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
76.4 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
796 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,939 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
313 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
68 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
192 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr