NUTS-3 RO126 · Romania
Population
394,9632025
GDP
€7,807M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
70%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,423.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
RO126 · PL22C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Tyski (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Sibiu (42). Contrarian pick: Sibiu — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 95).
#1Tyski
Strengths
Industrial base (85) · Cost advantage (82)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
#2Sibiu
Strengths
Cost advantage (95) · Industrial base (80)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Tyski
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Resilience (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Resilience (EU pctl 13) — Sibiu may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Tyski 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
42.0
52.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
34.8
12.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
27.1
44.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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14.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
45.3
50.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
24.3
56.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
74.8
65.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
6.4% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
10.0% 5y
4.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€19,766
€25,106
Population density
73 /km²
408 /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)
€7,074M
€8,698M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€150M
€43M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,944M
€4,330M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,837M
€2,454M
GVA — construction (F)
€539M
€555M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,695M
€1,840M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,200
€12,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,800 PPS
36,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,800
€24,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,071M
€14,344M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,159M
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€14,134M
€36,613M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€690M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€405M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,511M
€1,047M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,235M
€883M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,543M
€8,086M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,437
€61,487
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,283M
€1,818M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
183,200
188,900
Self-employed persons
24,130
24,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
59,340
48,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
66.3%
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.2%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
166,200
182,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,460
26,498
Enterprise births
3,125
2,527
Enterprise deaths
1,762
3,163
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
5.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.4%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
19.7%
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
20.6%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
7.8%
6.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
18.2%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.9%
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.4%
96.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
951,937
185,403
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
433 /1k
602 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,733 kt
17,258 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
603
1,471
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
6 km/1000km²
21 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
153
384
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
17
46
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
251,903
246,921
Population aged 65+
77,886
75,691
Population aged under 15
65,174
60,795
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
43.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.9%
30.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
-2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.1 /1k
0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
3,254
2,480
Deaths
4,277
3,872
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
55.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.13
Population density (persons per km²)
73 /km²
429 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
319,797
323,330
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
24.1%
10.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.0 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.1%
7.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
749 /100k
611 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,780 /100k
1,544 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
236 /100k
295 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.8 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.6 /100k
10.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
184 /100k
171 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
198 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
72 /M
30 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.20
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.39
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.44
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.07
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.55
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.155/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
617 m
277 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
104 days/yr
80 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr