NUTS-3 RO317 · Romania
Population
313,0332025
GDP
€3,526M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
68.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,793.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
RO317 · EL653
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία (Opportunity 30). Runner-up: Teleorman (28). Contrarian pick: Teleorman — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (86) · Cost advantage (84)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (98) · Energy cost (52)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Connectivity (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Connectivity (EU pctl 7) — Teleorman may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Λακωνία, Μεσσηνία 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
28.2
29.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.3
33.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
26.7
31.4
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
21.7
6.5
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
16.0
17.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
40.0
52.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.2% 5y
6.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€11,262
€18,021
Population density
54 /km²
34 /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)
€3,195M
€3,560M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€265M
€665M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€593M
€510M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€345M
€394M
GVA — construction (F)
€152M
€106M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€683M
€748M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€7,400
€12,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,600 PPS
20,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,200
€16,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,781M
€1,939M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,628M
€94M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,452M
€3,179M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€651M
€631M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€25M
€28M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€912M
€835M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€591M
€696M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,181M
€3,571M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€34,941
€37,867
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€840M
€926M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
112,320
117,070
Self-employed persons
36,320
50,920
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,050
4,620
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
68.4%
74.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
39.3%
28.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.6%
8.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
130,300
105,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,589
19,539
Enterprise births
899
1,272
Enterprise deaths
594
580
3-year enterprise survival rate
7.1%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.4%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.5%
1.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.2%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
14.0%
25.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
16.7%
41.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.4%
2.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
11.8%
14.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
4.6%
5.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.7%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,800
3,246,258
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
403 /1k
208 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,253 kt
3,261 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
41
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Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
9 km/1000km²
19 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
13
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
87
164
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)
190,651
136,374
Population aged 65+
83,121
63,451
Population aged under 15
39,261
26,551
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
50.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.6%
46.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.8 /1k
-3.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.1 /1k
4.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude death rate
17.5 /1k
14.7 /1k
Live births
1,749
1,442
Deaths
5,495
3,340
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.2%
66.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
55 /km²
34 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
124,228
204,276
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
27.5%
38.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
76.3 yrs
81.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.3%
30.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
542 /100k
239 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,895 /100k
1,000 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
207 /100k
219 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.5 /100k
0.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
87.2 /100k
99.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
126 /100k
376 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
76 /M
88 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.20
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.39
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.44
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.07
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.55
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.155/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
87 m
324 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
43 days/yr
91 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
7 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
6 days/yr