NUTS-3 HU332 · Hungary
Békés
Export region data (CSV)Békés generates €3.8bn of GDP across 307.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 30.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +5.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (55.5th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
30.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.4
Livability29.7
Market access18
Economic scale22
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability27
Labour stability26
Diversification90
Demographic stability6
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)
38
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density65
Airport access31
Market access18
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)
16.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary5
Lifelong learning41
Knowledge workers16
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)
29.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy5
Jobs55.5
Education24.5
Health6.5
Safety47
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
53.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 29.3%Diversified · HHI 1958
Agriculture 13.3%Industry 19.4%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.1%Public · health · education 29.3%
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)
€3,273M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€434M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — industry (B–E)
€635M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€579M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — construction (F)
€203M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€549M
2024 · EU pctl 18
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€9,600
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 4
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,300
2024 · EU pctl 4
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,421M
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,410M
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€7,243M
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€252M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — information & communication (J)
€41M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€493M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€959M
2024 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
106,480
2024 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
14,150
2024 · EU pctl 47
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,080
2024 · EU pctl 60
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.8%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
17.2%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
21,971
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise births
2,037
2023 · EU pctl 63
Enterprise deaths
548
2023 · EU pctl 29
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
3
2012 · EU pctl 19
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
8 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 18
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
24.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
23.3%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.1%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.3%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
722,057
2025 · EU pctl 42
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
446 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 10 · 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.
1,703
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
555
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
72
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
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)
192,385
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged 65+
74,188
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged under 15
40,539
2025 · EU pctl 56
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 63
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.6%
2025 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of total population change
-12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude death rate
16.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Live births
2,331
2024 · EU pctl 59
Deaths
5,197
2024 · EU pctl 76
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
56 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 20
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
25.1%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
76.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
682 /100k
2023 · 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)
306 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
351 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
73 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
86 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
31 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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