NUTS-3 HU211 · Hungary
Population
418,5622025
GDP
€7,920M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,358.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HU211 · BG331
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Fejér (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Варна (41). Contrarian pick: Варна — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 99).
#1Fejér
Strengths
Industrial base (93) · Cost advantage (90)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Fejér
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Варна may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Варна · Manufacturing → Fejér · Office → Варна · Residential → Варна.
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
45.8
41.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
31.3
32.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
41.5
25.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.3
35.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
15.5
40.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.6
86.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.8% 5y
4.8% 5y
Population
0.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.8% 5y
8.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,921
€15,123
Population density
96 /km²
115 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,805M
€5,773M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€263M
€98M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,420M
€871M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,301M
€684M
GVA — construction (F)
€573M
€399M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,049M
€1,959M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
€6,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,700 PPS
24,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,900
€15,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,688M
€1,591M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,817M
€277M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,959M
€4,059M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€808M
€519M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€172M
€218M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,385M
€1,276M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,116M
€1,169M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,092M
€4,845M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,844
€38,792
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,209M
€1,345M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
186,660
224,150
Self-employed persons
16,440
53,410
Employment in manufacturing (C)
55,860
24,710
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.6%
75.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.4%
14.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
3.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
214,000
220,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,397
31,950
Enterprise births
3,512
3,721
Enterprise deaths
897
5,900
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.3%
3.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
23.1%
39.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
23.2%
42.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.2%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.3%
23.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.5%
7.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.2%
92.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
632,798
4,752,786
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
473 /1k
472 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,039
3
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,681 kt
18,600 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
25 km/1000km²
8 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
487
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
16
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
271,096
279,200
Population aged 65+
86,082
94,625
Population aged under 15
61,384
63,696
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.8%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
12.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
13.5 /1k
Live births
3,516
3,632
Deaths
5,295
5,897
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.4%
56.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.49
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
98 /km²
115 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
362,363
375,315
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.8%
27.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.1 yrs
75.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.6%
21.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
605 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,712 /100k
2,126 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
323 /100k
229 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.1 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.1 /100k
22.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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38.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
387 /100k
646 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
62 /M
83 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
-0.07
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
0.25
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
-0.10
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
-0.14
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
0.33
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.135/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.041/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
105 m
186 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
28 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
64 days/yr
55 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
4 days/yr