NUTS-3 HU231 · Hungary
Baranya
Baranya generates €5.1bn of GDP across 351.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.7%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 8.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (46.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (6th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard13 → 7 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 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 advantage95
Connectivity63
Growth momentum57
Demographic outlook51
Industrial base49
Labour market41
Resilience36
Quality of life21
Freight intensity20
Digital readiness16
Talent & skills11
Economic base9
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)
31.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57
Livability20.5
Market access17
Economic scale31
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability15
Labour stability28
Diversification82
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)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density77
Airport access96
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)
11.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary4
Lifelong learning31
Knowledge workers6
Scientists & engineers4
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)
20.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy7
Jobs35.5
Education8.5
Health7
Safety33.3
Connectivity46.5
Environment6
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
57
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+8.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.1 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 · 28.7%Diversified · HHI 2064
Agriculture 6.6%Industry 20.4%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.5%Public · health · education 28.7%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€5,090M2024
2.0% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,729M2025
0.6% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Population
351,1582025
0.6% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Unemployment rate
6.4%2025
13.5% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
134,2802024
1.9% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Productivity / employee
€40,0642025
5.6% 1y 8.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Gross value added
€4,374M2024
1.3% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 29
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,374M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€287M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€892M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€739M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — construction (F)
€264M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€734M
2024 · EU pctl 26
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€9,200
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 9
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,400
2024 · EU pctl 9
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,847M
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€583M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€4,955M
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€530M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — information & communication (J)
€139M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€941M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,256M
2024 · EU pctl 41
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,729M
2025 · EU pctl 27
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€40,064
2025 · EU pctl 9
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,970M
2025 · EU pctl 54
Labour market
Employment, total persons
134,280
2024 · EU pctl 57
Self-employed persons
13,840
2024 · EU pctl 46
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,800
2024 · EU pctl 63
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
19.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
173,200
2025 · EU pctl 66
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,961
2023 · EU pctl 74
Enterprise births
2,875
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise deaths
787
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
2023 · EU pctl 84
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
21.6%
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
22.0%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · 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)
15.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
92.2%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
696,252
2025 · EU pctl 41
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
453 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 11 · 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.
2,429
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,721 kt
2025 · EU pctl 41
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
24 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
692
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
10
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
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)
224,707
2025 · EU pctl 66
Population aged 65+
80,655
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged under 15
45,796
2025 · EU pctl 62
Median age of population
46.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 50
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.9%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Crude rate of total population change
-6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Live births
2,618
2024 · EU pctl 65
Deaths
5,057
2024 · EU pctl 75
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
337,270
2100 · EU pctl 69
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
677 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,709 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
326 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
420 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
67 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · 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)
175 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
62 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
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 94
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
65
2024 · EU pctl 89
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
83.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 84
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.2%
2021 · EU pctl 52
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