NUTS-3 HU313 · Hungary
Nógrád
Export region data (CSV)Nógrád generates €1.8bn of GDP across 178.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 29.3/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +7.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (54th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (2.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
29.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.6
Livability23.7
Market access36
Economic scale5
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)
25.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability25
Labour stability8
Diversification56
Demographic stability13
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density86
Airport access41
Market access36
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)
23.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy2.5
Jobs26.5
Education11
Health3
Safety45
Connectivity54
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
52.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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: Public · health · education · 32.4%Diversified · HHI 2216
Agriculture 4.2%Industry 23.4%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.7%Public · health · education 32.4%
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)
€1,520M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€64M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — industry (B–E)
€356M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€333M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — construction (F)
€101M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€254M
2024 · EU pctl 5
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)
13,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 1
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,800
2024 · EU pctl 2
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)
€141M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — information & communication (J)
€26M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€253M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€493M
2024 · EU pctl 10
Labour market
Employment, total persons
48,980
2024 · EU pctl 16
Self-employed persons
5,770
2024 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,420
2024 · EU pctl 37
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,172
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise births
1,154
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise deaths
346
2023 · EU pctl 16
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.3%
2023 · EU pctl 92
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
0
2012 · EU pctl 0
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 2
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
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)
145,689
2025 · EU pctl 7
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
400 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · 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.
1,489
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
833
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
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)
112,950
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged 65+
39,991
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged under 15
25,874
2025 · EU pctl 39
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.4%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of total population change
-9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
15.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Live births
1,523
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
2,836
2024 · EU pctl 47
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.3%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.61
2024 · EU pctl 89
Population density (persons per km²)
71 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 28
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
30.5%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
75.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
692 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 88 · 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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
888 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
218 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
83 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
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