NUTS-3 BG313 · Bulgaria
Population
146,0022025
GDP
€2,168M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
71.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,616.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
BG313 · SI031
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pomurska (Opportunity 36). Runner-up: Враца (31). Contrarian pick: Враца — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 100).
#2Враца
Strengths
Cost advantage (100) · Growth momentum (78)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Pomurska
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 17) — Враца may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Враца · Manufacturing → Pomurska · Office → Pomurska · Residential → Pomurska.
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
31.1
36.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
10.3
50.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
25.4
38.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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26.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
13.3
34.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
15.5
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
77.8
61.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
2.9% 5y
Population
1.3% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.5% 5y
5.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€14,848
€21,868
Population density
40 /km²
85 /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)
€1,891M
€2,191M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€91M
€108M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,044M
€667M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€354M
€602M
GVA — construction (F)
€32M
€184M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€195M
€384M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€6,100
€16,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,900 PPS
24,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,800
€21,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€866M
€6,367M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€154M
€1,605M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€2,572M
€14,558M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€146M
€234M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€9M
€24M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€193M
€380M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€335M
€467M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,441M
€2,029M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,754
€55,514
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€365M
€602M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,100
46,810
Self-employed persons
14,090
11,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,720
11,050
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
70.9%
74.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.1%
13.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.3%
4.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
65,500
52,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,634
6,697
Enterprise births
586
664
Enterprise deaths
763
385
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
1.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.8%
4.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
27.7%
31.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
30.5%
40.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.3%
20.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.7%
23.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.5%
8.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
87.3%
92.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
134,374
1,027,433
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
472 /1k
592 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,819 kt
2,536 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
1 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
83
70
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)
88,665
69,560
Population aged 65+
36,997
29,308
Population aged under 15
20,340
14,304
Median age of population
49.1 yrs
49.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
42.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-11.0 /1k
-4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.4 /1k
1.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude death rate
19.0 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,233
774
Deaths
2,793
1,477
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.7%
62.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.90
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
41 /km²
86 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
65,386
84,660
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
33.5%
17.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
73.9 yrs
81.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
25.3%
16.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
964 /100k
340 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
2,350 /100k
1,141 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
248 /100k
285 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.2 /100k
4.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
39.3 /100k
60.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
425 /100k
431 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
148 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.07
1.26
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.25
0.74
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.10
0.92
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.14
0.75
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.33
0.77
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.135/kWh
€0.132/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.041/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
198 m
184 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
19 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
6 days/yr