NUTS-3 HU223 · Hungary
Zala
Export region data (CSV)Zala generates €3.8bn of GDP across 257.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 34.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (80.5th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (9th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
34.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.4
Livability40
Market access33
Economic scale22
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)
36.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability12
Labour stability30
Diversification87
Demographic stability17
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density90
Airport access10
Market access33
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)
15.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary4
Lifelong learning18
Knowledge workers21
Scientists & engineers18
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)
40
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy9
Jobs80.5
Education23
Health10.5
Safety53.7
Connectivity63.5
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
42.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 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 · 25.2%Diversified · HHI 2004
Agriculture 5.4%Industry 20.9%Construction 7.3%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.2%Public · health · education 25.2%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,250M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€174M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — industry (B–E)
€681M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€599M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — construction (F)
€237M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€684M
2024 · EU pctl 24
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,600
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 10
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,600
2024 · EU pctl 9
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,295M
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,556M
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€7,392M
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€385M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — information & communication (J)
€55M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€657M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€818M
2024 · EU pctl 24
Labour market
Employment, total persons
100,620
2024 · EU pctl 45
Self-employed persons
12,510
2024 · EU pctl 42
Employment in manufacturing (C)
20,590
2024 · EU pctl 57
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
11.6%
2024 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,612
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise births
2,050
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise deaths
560
2023 · EU pctl 30
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 72
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 5
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
2 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 5
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
26.0%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
21.0%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.8%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,783,756
2025 · EU pctl 76
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
502 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · 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.
2,430
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
944
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
112
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
161,372
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged 65+
64,549
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged under 15
31,450
2025 · EU pctl 46
Median age of population
48.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 74
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of total population change
-10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
14.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Live births
1,615
2024 · EU pctl 45
Deaths
3,849
2024 · EU pctl 62
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.5%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
70 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 27
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
12.0%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
77.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
678 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,594 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
312 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
489 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
198 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
17 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
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