NUTS-3 HU221 · Hungary
Population
471,6482025
GDP
€10,293M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,217.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HU221 · SK032
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Győr-Moson-Sopron (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Banskobystrický kraj (48). Contrarian pick: Banskobystrický kraj — leads the set on Growth momentum (EU pctl 66).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (92) · Cost advantage (92)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Strengths
Cost advantage (82) · Growth momentum (66)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Győr-Moson-Sopron
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%); Flood: 20% of population in the 100-year floodplain. Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Banskobystrický kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Győr-Moson-Sopron 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
- Flood defences, return-period design and insurance for flagged regions
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
50.5
48.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.8
35.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.3
28.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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24.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.0
18.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
15.3
26.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.8
65.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
2.3% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.8% 5y
7.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€21,823
€18,184
Population density
112 /km²
65 /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)
€8,844M
€10,055M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€356M
€420M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,234M
€2,243M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,906M
€2,002M
GVA — construction (F)
€547M
€1,193M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,460M
€2,152M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,600
€12,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
30,800 PPS
22,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,800
€18,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,295M
€4,819M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,556M
€953M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,392M
€10,959M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,057M
€837M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€148M
€361M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,830M
€1,893M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,418M
€2,153M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,067M
€8,986M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,104
€47,061
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,317M
€2,190M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
230,970
248,320
Self-employed persons
20,910
35,440
Employment in manufacturing (C)
73,100
51,740
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
77.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.6%
16.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
5.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
244,100
315,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
43,840
58,252
Enterprise births
3,900
6,446
Enterprise deaths
980
8,327
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
5.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
4.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
26.0%
25.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
21.0%
31.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.3%
11.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
17.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.3%
6.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.4%
92.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,353,864
1,851,391
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
502 /1k
467 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,268
45
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,291 kt
14,930 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
17 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
481
7
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
58
120
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
310,335
399,760
Population aged 65+
91,861
121,556
Population aged under 15
69,452
89,808
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.6%
30.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.4 /1k
-5.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.2 /1k
-1.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
11.4 /1k
Live births
4,084
4,662
Deaths
5,598
6,993
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.0%
52.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.35
Population density (persons per km²)
114 /km²
65 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
527,623
390,064
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
12.0%
16.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.5 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
8.9%
12.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
670 /100k
593 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,594 /100k
1,714 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
312 /100k
274 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.0 /100k
6.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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54.0 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
514 /100k
136 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
43 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
0.80
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
0.73
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
0.59
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
0.38
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.160/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.063/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
114 m
513 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
105 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
6 days/yr