NUTS-3 RO125 · Romania
Mureş
Mureş generates €7.5bn of GDP across 519.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 41.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +9.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (52.7th EU percentile) and weakest for health (6th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard12 → 6 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 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
Digital readiness80
Growth momentum73
Industrial base59
Energy cost52
Resilience38
Quality of life27
Talent & skills24
Connectivity23
Economic base19
Labour market12
Freight intensity12
Demographic outlook10
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)
41.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth73.4
Livability27
Market access16
Economic scale48
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)
37.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability20
Labour stability30
Diversification81
Demographic stability19
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)
23
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access30
Market access16
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)
27
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy12
Jobs34
Education6
Health6
Safety52.7
Connectivity51.5
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
73.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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 · 27.9%Diversified · HHI 2072
Agriculture 5.1%Industry 21.8%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 27.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.4%Public · health · education 22.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€7,522M2024
9.7% 1y 9.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,341M2025
0.3% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Population
519,5742025
0.0% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Unemployment rate
4.1%2025
4.7% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Employment
188,0202024
1.8% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Productivity / employee
€44,5372025
11.3% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Gross value added
€6,816M2024
8.8% 1y 9.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,816M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€346M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,487M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,319M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — construction (F)
€545M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,903M
2024 · EU pctl 61
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)
24,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 19
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,500
2024 · EU pctl 9
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)
€501M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — information & communication (J)
€187M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€981M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,554M
2024 · EU pctl 51
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,341M
2025 · EU pctl 40
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,537
2025 · EU pctl 14
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,200M
2025 · EU pctl 59
Labour market
Employment, total persons
188,020
2024 · EU pctl 71
Self-employed persons
29,020
2023 · EU pctl 69
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,750
2023 · EU pctl 83
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)
218,600
2025 · EU pctl 73
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
28,695
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise births
3,161
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise deaths
1,777
2023 · EU pctl 66
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 89
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)
964,058
2025 · EU pctl 53
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.
145
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,361 kt
2025 · EU pctl 45
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
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.
74
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
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)
331,382
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged 65+
104,262
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged under 15
83,930
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 22
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.5%
2025 · EU pctl 19
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Live births
4,452
2024 · EU pctl 82
Deaths
6,721
2024 · EU pctl 85
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
78 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 31
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
372,288
2100 · EU pctl 72
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
172 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
372 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
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)
323 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 66
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
100 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Environment
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 37
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
44.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 66
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.1%
2021 · EU pctl 84
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