NUTS-3 HU331 · Hungary
Population
488,5472025
GDP
€7,750M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
8,453.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
HU331 · HU333
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bács-Kiskun (Opportunity 41). Runner-up: Csongrád-Csanád (38). Contrarian pick: Csongrád-Csanád — leads the set on Growth momentum (EU pctl 60).
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Industrial base (80)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Labour market (67)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Flood: 34% of population in the 100-year floodplain
Why you might not pick Bács-Kiskun
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 2) — Csongrád-Csanád may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Bács-Kiskun 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
41.4
37.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
40.8
39.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
37.4
33.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
32.7
34.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
16.3
16.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.0
60.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
1.4% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.4% 5y
7.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€15,863
€15,657
Population density
58 /km²
91 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,659M
€5,222M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€467M
€307M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,832M
€839M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,731M
€788M
GVA — construction (F)
€666M
€344M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,292M
€1,116M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,600
€9,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,300 PPS
22,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,800
€15,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€6,421M
€6,421M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,410M
€1,410M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€7,243M
€7,243M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€603M
€694M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€83M
€244M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,062M
€1,210M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,340M
€1,406M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,859M
€4,594M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€41,802
€40,002
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,709M
€2,124M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
195,950
160,560
Self-employed persons
22,400
18,370
Employment in manufacturing (C)
50,830
26,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.8%
78.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
17.2%
17.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.7%
4.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
246,500
199,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
39,963
35,209
Enterprise births
3,369
3,307
Enterprise deaths
990
819
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
24.8%
24.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
23.3%
23.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.4%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.1%
18.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.3%
4.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.7%
91.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
619,277
796,822
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
446 /1k
446 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,547
2,543
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,722 kt
4,774 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
521
655
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
12 km/1000km²
12 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
102
112
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
309,933
250,281
Population aged 65+
107,373
86,359
Population aged under 15
71,241
51,466
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
45.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.6%
34.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.3 /1k
-3.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.2 /1k
2.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
13.9 /1k
Live births
4,056
2,958
Deaths
7,037
5,404
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
59 /km²
93 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
468,780
373,079
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
25.1%
25.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
76.5 yrs
76.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.2%
19.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
645 /100k
645 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,709 /100k
1,709 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
306 /100k
306 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.0 /100k
4.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
617 /100k
364 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
73 /M
73 /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)
136 m
81 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
29 days/yr
32 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
57 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr