NUTS-3 HU323 · Hungary
Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg
Export region data (CSV)Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg generates €6.5bn of GDP across 520.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 37.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +6.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 7.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (39.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (4th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
37.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth68.8
Livability23
Market access15
Economic scale42
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)
37
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability30
Labour stability18
Diversification88
Demographic stability12
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 density67
Airport access40
Market access15
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)
23
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy5.5
Jobs39
Education15.5
Health4
Safety34.7
Connectivity39.5
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
68.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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 · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 1988
Agriculture 9%Industry 23.9%Construction 7.6%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.5%Public · health · education 27.8%
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)
€5,600M
2024 · EU pctl 40
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€503M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,336M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,233M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — construction (F)
€428M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€961M
2024 · EU pctl 35
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)
17,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 5
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,500
2024 · EU pctl 4
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)
€467M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — information & communication (J)
€80M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€814M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,558M
2024 · EU pctl 51
Labour market
Employment, total persons
175,520
2024 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
21,960
2024 · EU pctl 60
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,200
2024 · EU pctl 84
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)
22,646
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise births
2,297
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise deaths
642
2023 · EU pctl 36
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 90
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 4
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)
442,537
2025 · EU pctl 29
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.
3,072
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
590
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
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)
338,252
2025 · EU pctl 79
Population aged 65+
97,037
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
85,262
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
42.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 16
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.7%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of total population change
-7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Live births
5,442
2024 · EU pctl 88
Deaths
6,772
2024 · EU pctl 86
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.9%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.77
2024 · EU pctl 97
Population density (persons per km²)
89 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 36
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
1.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
642 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
113 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
28 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
78 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
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