NUTS-3 HU312 · Hungary
Heves
Heves generates €4.3bn of GDP across 282.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 32/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 4.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (41th EU percentile) and weakest for health (3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard12 → 8 EU percentile since 1995 (-4 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 advantage96
Industrial base91
Growth momentum49
Connectivity41
Demographic outlook34
Labour market29
Freight intensity22
Digital readiness22
Quality of life22
Talent & skills18
Resilience15
Economic base12
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)
32
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.2
Livability21.8
Market access31
Economic scale26
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)
14.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability18
Labour stability8
Diversification16
Demographic stability16
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)
40.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density60
Airport access31
Market access31
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)
17.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary3
Lifelong learning60
Knowledge workers4
Scientists & engineers3
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)
21.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy8
Jobs26.5
Education11
Health3
Safety41
Connectivity41
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
49.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.9 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 · 40.7%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2574
Agriculture 3.2%Industry 40.7%Construction 5.4%Trade · transport · ICT 15.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.3%Public · health · education 20.7%
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)
€4,340M2024
1.6% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,213M2025
0.6% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Population
282,4902025
0.9% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Unemployment rate
7.0%2025
133.3% 1y 16.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Employment
112,5602024
0.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Productivity / employee
€40,7502025
5.6% 1y 8.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Gross value added
€3,729M2024
0.9% 1y 5.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,729M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€119M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,516M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,212M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — construction (F)
€201M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€586M
2024 · EU pctl 20
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€8,700
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 12
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,300
2024 · EU pctl 11
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,870M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,489M
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€6,296M
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€323M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — information & communication (J)
€37M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€534M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€773M
2024 · EU pctl 20
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,213M
2025 · EU pctl 23
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€40,750
2025 · EU pctl 10
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,119M
2025 · EU pctl 29
Labour market
Employment, total persons
112,560
2024 · EU pctl 48
Self-employed persons
10,010
2024 · EU pctl 35
Employment in manufacturing (C)
39,650
2024 · EU pctl 81
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.3%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.0%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
134,700
2025 · EU pctl 53
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,291
2023 · EU pctl 61
Enterprise births
1,863
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise deaths
592
2023 · EU pctl 32
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
21.1%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
15.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,428,444
2025 · EU pctl 61
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
400 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,784 kt
2025 · EU pctl 35
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,387
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
491
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
19 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
73
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
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)
179,240
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged 65+
62,513
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged under 15
40,737
2025 · EU pctl 57
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 42
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.9%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
-9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Live births
2,395
2024 · EU pctl 61
Deaths
4,203
2024 · EU pctl 67
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
80 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
239,753
2100 · EU pctl 55
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
696 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,883 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
334 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,440 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · 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)
164 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
74 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
84
2024 · EU pctl 99
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
26.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.9%
2021 · EU pctl 50
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