NUTS-3 BG313 · Bulgaria
Враца
Vratsa
Export region data (CSV)Враца generates €2.2bn of GDP across 146k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +14.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 8.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (96th EU percentile) and weakest for health (0th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
31.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth77.8
Livability25.4
Market access13
Economic scale8
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
10.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability1
Labour stability34
Diversification1
Demographic stability5
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
13.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density3
Airport access24
Market access13
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
15.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary12
Lifelong learning18
Knowledge workers19
Scientists & engineers13
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
25.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy9.5
Jobs18
Education11
Health0
Safety41
Connectivity2
Environment96
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
77.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+14.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+9.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+5.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+4.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+8.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-5.4 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 55.2%Concentrated · HHI 3600
Agriculture 4.8%Industry 55.2%Construction 1.7%Trade · transport · ICT 10.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 10.2%Public · health · education 17.7%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,891M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€91M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,044M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€354M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — construction (F)
€32M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€195M
2024 · EU pctl 3
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€6,100
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 19
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,800
2024 · EU pctl 10
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€866M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€154M
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€2,572M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€146M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — information & communication (J)
€9M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€193M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€335M
2024 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,100
2023 · EU pctl 22
Self-employed persons
14,090
2023 · EU pctl 47
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,720
2023 · EU pctl 24
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
70.9%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
23.1%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,634
2023 · EU pctl 23
Enterprise births
586
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise deaths
763
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
5 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 13
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.3%
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.8%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
27.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
30.5%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.5%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
87.3%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
134,374
2024 · EU pctl 6
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
472 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
83
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
88,665
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged 65+
36,997
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
20,340
2025 · EU pctl 29
Median age of population
49.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 77
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.7%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
-11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
19.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Live births
1,233
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
2,793
2024 · EU pctl 47
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.7%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.90
2024 · EU pctl 99
Population density (persons per km²)
41 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 13
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
33.5%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
73.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
949 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
2,350 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
248 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
39.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
425 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
148 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
198 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
4
2024 · EU pctl 4
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 23
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