NUTS-3 HU321 · Hungary
Hajdú-Bihar
Export region data (CSV)Hajdú-Bihar generates €8.3bn of GDP across 520.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 7.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (52.3th EU percentile) and weakest for health (4th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth76
Livability26.3
Market access20
Economic scale53
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)
41.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability21
Labour stability18
Diversification92
Demographic stability35
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)
50.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density35
Airport access97
Market access20
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)
23.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary7
Lifelong learning57
Knowledge workers13
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)
26.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy10.5
Jobs39
Education15.5
Health4
Safety52.3
Connectivity23.5
Environment39
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
76
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+7.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.2 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 · 24.1%Diversified · HHI 1933
Agriculture 7.3%Industry 19.5%Construction 7.8%Trade · transport · ICT 19.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 22%Public · health · education 24.1%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,173M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€521M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,398M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,240M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — construction (F)
€556M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,393M
2024 · EU pctl 48
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€9,300
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 15
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,000
2024 · EU pctl 13
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,214M
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,008M
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€7,834M
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€896M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — information & communication (J)
€210M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,579M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,726M
2024 · EU pctl 55
Labour market
Employment, total persons
212,330
2024 · EU pctl 75
Self-employed persons
22,420
2024 · EU pctl 61
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,160
2024 · EU pctl 78
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
41,836
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise births
3,982
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise deaths
1,073
2023 · EU pctl 52
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.6%
2023 · EU pctl 95
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
6
2012 · EU pctl 31
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
12 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 22
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 20 · 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
23.4%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
26.0%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.5%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.1%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.2%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,568,566
2025 · EU pctl 63
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
395 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · 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.
1,274
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
245
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
339,013
2025 · EU pctl 79
Population aged 65+
102,657
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged under 15
78,459
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.3%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of total population change
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude birth rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Live births
4,840
2024 · EU pctl 85
Deaths
6,730
2024 · EU pctl 85
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.4%
2025 · EU pctl 15
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 35
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
28.4%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
75.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
609 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,761 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
335 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
361 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
104 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
67 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
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.
14
2024 · EU pctl 61
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 51
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