NUTS-3 BG414 · Bulgaria
Перник
Pernik
Export region data (CSV)Перник generates €1.0bn of GDP across 109.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +11.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (85th EU percentile) and weakest for health (4th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
31.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth67.2
Livability38.4
Market access17
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 stability2
Labour stability31
Diversification86
Demographic stability15
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)
39
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access61
Market access17
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)
65
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary78
Lifelong learning6
Knowledge workers90
Scientists & engineers86
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)
38.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy7
Jobs85
Education62.5
Health4
Safety47.3
Connectivity55
Environment8
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
67.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+11.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+9.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.6 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 · 23.4%Diversified · HHI 2023
Agriculture 3.6%Industry 23.4%Construction 8.5%Trade · transport · ICT 21.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.2%Public · health · education 22.7%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€876M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€31M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — industry (B–E)
€205M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€168M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — construction (F)
€75M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€190M
2024 · EU pctl 2
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,300
2023 · EU pctl 13 · 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)
€9,359M
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€686M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€21,611M
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€132M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€177M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€199M
2024 · EU pctl 2
Labour market
Employment, total persons
43,610
2023 · EU pctl 12
Self-employed persons
11,290
2023 · EU pctl 39
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,120
2023 · EU pctl 22
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
6.6%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
5,461
2023 · EU pctl 22
Enterprise births
587
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise deaths
736
2023 · EU pctl 41
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 77
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
10.2%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
44.5%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.4%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
38,499
2024 · EU pctl 1
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
525 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
45
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
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)
66,878
2025 · EU pctl 17
Population aged 65+
29,096
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged under 15
13,912
2025 · EU pctl 15
Median age of population
49.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 80
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.5%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of total population change
-10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
20.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Live births
674
2024 · EU pctl 13
Deaths
2,306
2024 · EU pctl 39
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.3%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 15
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.8%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
77.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
789 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
2,069 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
194 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
4.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
34.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
295 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
40 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
884 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
109 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
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.
23
2024 · EU pctl 92
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