NUTS-3 BG332 · Bulgaria
Добрич
Dobrich
Добрич generates €1.3bn of GDP across 145.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 27.6/100 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 7.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (56th EU percentile) and weakest for health (1th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard8 → 1 EU percentile since 1995 (-7 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Cost advantage99
Growth momentum72
Energy cost65
Labour market51
Talent & skills41
Resilience33
Industrial base33
Connectivity25
Quality of life23
Freight intensity22
Demographic outlook19
Digital readiness19
Economic base2
Governance0
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
27.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth71.8
Livability23.4
Market access12
Economic scale3
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)
33.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability29
Labour stability7
Diversification89
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)
25
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
Airport access57
Market access12
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)
40.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary55
Lifelong learning31
Knowledge workers51
Scientists & engineers25
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)
23.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy1.5
Jobs56
Education36.5
Health1
Safety32.7
Connectivity12.5
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
71.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.1 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 25.7%Diversified · HHI 1978
Agriculture 11.3%Industry 17%Construction 4.6%Trade · transport · ICT 25.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.4%Public · health · education 24%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€1,334M2024
3.9% 1y 8.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€976M2025
2.0% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Population
145,2072025
1.0% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Unemployment rate
3.9%2025
0.0% 1y 8.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Employment
68,3902023
0.1% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Productivity / employee
€24,7622025
8.4% 1y 10.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Gross value added
€1,163M2024
3.5% 1y 9.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,163M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€132M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — industry (B–E)
€198M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€155M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — construction (F)
€53M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€299M
2024 · EU pctl 6
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€6,700
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
14,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 2
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,100
2024 · EU pctl 1
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€1,591M
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€277M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€4,059M
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€148M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — information & communication (J)
€11M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€202M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€279M
2024 · EU pctl 4
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€976M
2025 · EU pctl 3
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€24,762
2025 · EU pctl 1
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€271M
2025 · EU pctl 3
Labour market
Employment, total persons
68,390
2023 · EU pctl 28
Self-employed persons
24,040
2023 · EU pctl 63
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,810
2023 · EU pctl 21
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.6%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
14.7%
2018 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
69,100
2025 · EU pctl 25
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,465
2023 · EU pctl 30
Enterprise births
753
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise deaths
1,206
2023 · EU pctl 55
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 54
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
39.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.4%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.0%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.0%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.7%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,749,331
2024 · EU pctl 66
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
472 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,458 kt
2025 · EU pctl 16
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
8 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
48
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
87,375
2025 · EU pctl 27
Population aged 65+
39,403
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged under 15
18,429
2025 · EU pctl 25
Median age of population
50.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 89
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.1%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of total population change
-9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
19.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Live births
993
2024 · EU pctl 25
Deaths
2,907
2024 · EU pctl 49
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
66.2%
2025 · EU pctl 83
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.70
2024 · EU pctl 94
Population density (persons per km²)
31 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 8
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
85,857
2100 · EU pctl 14
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
605 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
2,126 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
229 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
58.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
286 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
83 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.07
2022 · EU pctl 0
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.25
2022 · EU pctl 0
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.10
2022 · EU pctl 0
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
-0.14
2022 · EU pctl 0
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.33
2022 · EU pctl 22
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.135/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 35
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.041/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 8
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
240 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
23 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
20.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 38
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.1%
2021 · EU pctl 24
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