NUTS-3 BG333 · Bulgaria
Шумен
Shumen
Export region data (CSV)Шумен generates €1.4bn of GDP across 149.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 30.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +9.4%/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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
30.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth77
Livability26.6
Market access14
Economic scale4
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)
38.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability35
Labour stability7
Diversification89
Demographic stability24
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)
18
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density3
Airport access37
Market access14
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)
26.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy1.5
Jobs56
Education36.5
Health1
Safety46.3
Connectivity11
Environment34
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
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
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: Public · health · education · 26.7%Diversified · HHI 1974
Agriculture 9.3%Industry 21%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 19.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.1%Public · health · education 26.7%
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)
€1,207M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€112M
2024 · EU pctl 41
GVA — industry (B–E)
€254M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€199M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — construction (F)
€67M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€233M
2024 · EU pctl 4
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)
15,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 2
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,300
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)
€129M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — information & communication (J)
€10M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€219M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€322M
2024 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
72,790
2023 · EU pctl 30
Self-employed persons
23,240
2023 · EU pctl 62
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,150
2023 · EU pctl 44
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,423
2023 · EU pctl 26
Enterprise births
654
2023 · EU pctl 33
Enterprise deaths
1,012
2023 · EU pctl 50
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 53
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2008 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
5 /M pop
2008 · EU pctl 13
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
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)
84,000
2024 · EU pctl 3
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.
66
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
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)
91,448
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged 65+
38,385
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged under 15
19,446
2025 · EU pctl 27
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 80
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.0%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of total population change
-2.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude death rate
16.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Live births
1,077
2024 · EU pctl 28
Deaths
2,488
2024 · EU pctl 42
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.2%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.66
2024 · EU pctl 93
Population density (persons per km²)
44 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 14
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
27.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
75.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
610 /100k
2023 · 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
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
24.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
288 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
83 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
221 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 57
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
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.
15
2024 · EU pctl 66
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 62
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