NUTS-3 BG324 · Bulgaria
Разград
Razgrad
Export region data (CSV)Разград generates €909M of GDP across 99.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 25.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +8.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (68.3th EU percentile) and weakest for health (0.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
25.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.6
Livability23
Market access21
Economic scale2
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)
33.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability29
Labour stability16
Diversification81
Demographic stability8
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density4
Airport access14
Market access21
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)
22
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary51
Lifelong learning5
Knowledge workers30
Scientists & engineers2
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)
23
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy1
Jobs41.5
Education19
Health0.5
Safety68.3
Connectivity7.5
Environment—
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
56.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.7 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: Public · health · education · 29.8%Diversified · HHI 2065
Agriculture 10.8%Industry 21.4%Construction 3.9%Trade · transport · ICT 18.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.4%Public · health · education 29.8%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€793M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€86M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — industry (B–E)
€170M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€131M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — construction (F)
€31M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€149M
2024 · EU pctl 1
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€6,500
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
14,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 1
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,100
2024 · EU pctl 1
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,276M
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€285M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€3,129M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€80M
2024 · EU pctl 1
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2M
2024 · EU pctl 0
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€122M
2024 · EU pctl 1
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€236M
2024 · EU pctl 3
Labour market
Employment, total persons
45,110
2023 · EU pctl 13
Self-employed persons
15,340
2023 · EU pctl 50
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,090
2023 · EU pctl 22
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
20.3%
2018 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,987
2023 · EU pctl 13
Enterprise births
442
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise deaths
565
2023 · EU pctl 30
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.3%
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.2%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.6%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.0%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
49,453
2024 · EU pctl 1
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
492 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 18 · 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 4
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
102
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
61,080
2025 · EU pctl 14
Population aged 65+
25,536
2025 · EU pctl 16
Population aged under 15
12,843
2025 · EU pctl 13
Median age of population
50.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 86
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.8%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of total population change
-12.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
17.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Live births
642
2024 · EU pctl 11
Deaths
1,795
2024 · EU pctl 28
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.8%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
42 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 13
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
33.8%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
74.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
781 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
2,261 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
223 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
10.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
76 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
300 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
24 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
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