NUTS-3 HU110 · Hungary
Budapest
Budapest generates €80bn of GDP across 1.7m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 65/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 4.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (87th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (8th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser26 → 65 EU percentile since 1995 (+40 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)
Economic base96
Talent & skills94
Labour market93
Demographic outlook84
Digital readiness71
Cost advantage67
Growth momentum63
Connectivity61
Quality of life54
Resilience25
Industrial base14
Governance6
Freight intensity5
Energy cost2
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)
65
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.2
Livability53.6
Market access46
Economic scale97
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)
24.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability22
Labour stability39
Diversification11
Demographic stability26
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)
61
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density42
Airport access95
Market access46
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)
94
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary97
Lifelong learning79
Knowledge workers100
Scientists & engineers100
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)
53.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy64.5
Jobs87
Education85
Health16.5
Safety57.7
Connectivity56.5
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
63.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.1 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 36.7%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2689
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 12.1%Construction 3.7%Trade · transport · ICT 29.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 36.7%Public · health · education 18.2%
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)
€80,201M2024
7.0% 1y 7.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€60,734M2025
0.6% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Population
1,685,2092025
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Unemployment rate
3.2%2025
23.1% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Employment
1,668,3202024
0.9% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Productivity / employee
€50,8112025
5.6% 1y 9.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Gross value added
€68,915M2024
6.2% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€68,915M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€123M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,345M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,511M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — construction (F)
€2,529M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€20,091M
2024 · EU pctl 98
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€18,600
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
67,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 96
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,600
2024 · EU pctl 80
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€12,429M
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,051M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€31,410M
2023 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€8,594M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — information & communication (J)
€6,915M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€25,310M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€12,517M
2024 · EU pctl 96
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€60,734M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,811
2025 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€11,934M
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,668,320
2024 · EU pctl 99
Self-employed persons
67,050
2024 · EU pctl 92
Employment in manufacturing (C)
119,430
2024 · EU pctl 99
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
949,100
2025 · EU pctl 98
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
245,891
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise births
23,759
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise deaths
6,945
2023 · EU pctl 93
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 70
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
12.7%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
4.1%
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
59.3%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
62.0%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
16.2%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
46.9%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
16.6%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.5%
2025 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
11,677,423
2025 · EU pctl 96
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
429 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,227 kt
2025 · EU pctl 74
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,383
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
319
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
120 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
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)
1,128,114
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged 65+
350,479
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
206,616
2025 · EU pctl 96
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
12,634
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
20,564
2024 · EU pctl 99
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
49.4%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
2024 · EU pctl 6
Population density (persons per km²)
3,305 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 98
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,540,845
2100 · EU pctl 97
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
930 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,374 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
291 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
928 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
25 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.66
2022 · EU pctl 17
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.29
2022 · EU pctl 2
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.24
2022 · EU pctl 2
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.04
2022 · EU pctl 2
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.67
2022 · EU pctl 84
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.171/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 98
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.048/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 17
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
142 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
26 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
72 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
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
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 57
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
45.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 67
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.4%
2021 · EU pctl 85
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