NUTS-3 HU120 · Hungary
Pest
Pest generates €24bn of GDP across 1.3m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 62.3/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +9.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (86.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (10th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard12 → 14 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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 advantage86
Labour market85
Demographic outlook83
Growth momentum82
Industrial base69
Connectivity56
Digital readiness47
Resilience46
Quality of life41
Talent & skills38
Freight intensity30
Economic base24
Governance6
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)
62.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth81.8
Livability41.2
Market access41
Economic scale85
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)
45.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability12
Labour stability36
Diversification49
Demographic stability85
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)
55.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density42
Airport access84
Market access41
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)
37.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary24
Lifelong learning18
Knowledge workers60
Scientists & engineers49
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)
41.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy19
Jobs86.5
Education26
Health10
Safety61.3
Connectivity44.5
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
81.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+3.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.3 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. · 27.6%Diversified · HHI 2255
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 24%Construction 8.7%Trade · transport · ICT 26.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.6%Public · health · education 11.3%
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)
€24,190M2024
3.5% 1y 9.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€17,979M2025
0.6% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Population
1,336,1342025
0.2% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Unemployment rate
3.0%2025
3.2% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Employment
543,7202024
0.9% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Productivity / employee
€47,0242025
5.6% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Gross value added
€20,786M2024
2.8% 1y 9.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€20,786M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€367M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,988M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,599M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — construction (F)
€1,802M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,538M
2024 · EU pctl 87
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,600
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 24
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,100
2024 · EU pctl 16
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,252M
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,013M
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€8,334M
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,429M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — information & communication (J)
€761M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,745M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,346M
2024 · EU pctl 67
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,979M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,024
2025 · EU pctl 17
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,043M
2025 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
543,720
2024 · EU pctl 95
Self-employed persons
55,800
2024 · EU pctl 89
Employment in manufacturing (C)
106,150
2024 · EU pctl 98
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.2%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
706,100
2025 · EU pctl 97
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
141,582
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise births
13,818
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise deaths
3,717
2023 · EU pctl 82
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 80
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.6%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
33.0%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.3%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,541,555
2025 · EU pctl 63
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
497 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
27,112 kt
2025 · EU pctl 94
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,350
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
326
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
41 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
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)
875,838
2025 · EU pctl 96
Population aged 65+
240,534
2025 · EU pctl 95
Population aged under 15
219,762
2025 · EU pctl 96
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 20
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.5%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
11,268
2024 · EU pctl 96
Deaths
15,138
2024 · EU pctl 98
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population density (persons per km²)
213 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 66
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,256,877
2100 · EU pctl 96
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
202 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,618 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
306 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
525 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
36 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 32 · 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)
150 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
21 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 26
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
55.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 73
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
11.3%
2021 · EU pctl 89
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