NUTS-3 HU223 · Hungary
Population
257,3712025
GDP
€3,782M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,787 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
HU223 · HU232
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zala (Opportunity 34). Runner-up: Somogy (32). Contrarian pick: Somogy — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 95).
#1Zala
Strengths
Cost advantage (92) · Labour market (78)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
#2Somogy
Strengths
Cost advantage (95) · Growth momentum (56)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Zala
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Somogy may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Zala 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
34.3
32.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.5
43.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.0
27.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
44.3
44.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
15.3
11.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.2
56.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.0% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.5% 5y
9.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€14,697
€12,991
Population density
68 /km²
48 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,250M
€3,240M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€174M
€274M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€681M
€556M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€599M
€487M
GVA — construction (F)
€237M
€234M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€684M
€651M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,600
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,600 PPS
18,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,600
€12,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,295M
€4,847M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,556M
€583M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,392M
€4,955M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€385M
€370M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€55M
€39M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€657M
€624M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€818M
€901M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,964M
€2,762M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€39,733
€39,867
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€852M
€1,459M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
100,620
99,970
Self-employed persons
12,510
11,960
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,590
17,210
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
76.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.6%
19.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.1%
6.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
126,900
139,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,612
23,195
Enterprise births
2,050
2,147
Enterprise deaths
560
608
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.1%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.3%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
26.0%
21.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
21.0%
22.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.3%
9.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.8%
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
6.3%
4.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.4%
92.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,783,756
2,004,911
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
502 /1k
453 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,429
1,937
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,598 kt
3,142 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
944
667
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
24 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
69
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
161,372
181,467
Population aged 65+
64,549
70,131
Population aged under 15
31,450
38,647
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
47.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
38.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.6 /1k
-8.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.0 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
15.5 /1k
Live births
1,615
2,147
Deaths
3,849
4,504
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.5%
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
70 /km²
51 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
208,774
230,101
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
12.0%
25.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.5 yrs
76.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
8.9%
18.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
670 /100k
677 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,594 /100k
1,709 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
312 /100k
326 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
1.7 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
489 /100k
519 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
60 /M
67 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
0.66
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
0.29
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
0.24
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
0.04
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
0.67
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
€0.171/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
198 m
164 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
22 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
65 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
5 days/yr