NUTS-3 RO122 · Romania
Braşov
Braşov generates €12bn of GDP across 560.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +9.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (55th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (4th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard14 → 17 EU percentile since 1995 (+3 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 advantage95
Growth momentum81
Digital readiness80
Economic base59
Industrial base56
Energy cost52
Resilience43
Connectivity43
Quality of life25
Talent & skills24
Demographic outlook15
Labour market12
Freight intensity8
Governance2
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)
48.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth81.4
Livability25
Market access22
Economic scale67
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)
43.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability31
Labour stability30
Diversification53
Demographic stability59
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)
42.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density30
Airport access76
Market access22
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)
24.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary3
Lifelong learning21
Knowledge workers17
Scientists & engineers56
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)
25
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy32
Jobs34
Education6
Health6
Safety38.3
Connectivity55
Environment4
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
81.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+9.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-3.0 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 32%Diversified · HHI 2234
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 23%Construction 8.1%Trade · transport · ICT 32%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.8%Public · health · education 14.7%
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)
€11,970M2024
9.4% 1y 9.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,499M2025
0.3% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Population
560,2772025
0.6% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Unemployment rate
4.1%2025
4.7% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Employment
250,9002024
1.8% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Productivity / employee
€53,1102025
11.3% 1y 11.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Gross value added
€10,847M2024
8.5% 1y 9.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,847M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€253M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,497M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,014M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — construction (F)
€884M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,472M
2024 · EU pctl 79
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€9,200
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 59
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€21,400
2024 · EU pctl 22
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,071M
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,159M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€14,134M
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,144M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — information & communication (J)
€833M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,142M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,600M
2024 · EU pctl 52
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,499M
2025 · EU pctl 59
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,110
2025 · EU pctl 20
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,500M
2025 · EU pctl 75
Labour market
Employment, total persons
250,900
2024 · EU pctl 81
Self-employed persons
37,490
2023 · EU pctl 78
Employment in manufacturing (C)
67,000
2023 · EU pctl 93
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
66.3%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.2%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
230,000
2025 · EU pctl 75
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
36,872
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise births
4,932
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise deaths
2,600
2023 · EU pctl 75
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · 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
19.7%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
20.6%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.2%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.9%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.4%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,619,522
2025 · EU pctl 75
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
433 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 8 · 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.
929
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,396 kt
2025 · EU pctl 40
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
166
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
6 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
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)
348,566
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged 65+
117,794
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged under 15
93,917
2025 · EU pctl 86
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.8%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
4,763
2024 · EU pctl 84
Deaths
6,219
2024 · EU pctl 83
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
105 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 43
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
461,749
2100 · EU pctl 79
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
749 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,780 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
236 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
151 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
239 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
72 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.20
2022 · EU pctl 2
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.39
2022 · EU pctl 6
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.44
2022 · EU pctl 12
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.07
2022 · EU pctl 4
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.55
2022 · EU pctl 75
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.155/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 48
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.051/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 39
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
464 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
104 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
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.
25
2024 · EU pctl 96
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 32
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
58.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 75
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.9%
2021 · EU pctl 37
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