NUTS-3 RO212 · Romania
Botoşani
Export region data (CSV)Botoşani generates €3.4bn of GDP across 388.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 23.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +8.8%/yr over five years, with the employment rate down 10.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (36th EU percentile) and weakest for education (0.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
23.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.4
Livability15.1
Market access6
Economic scale19
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability8
Labour stability53
Diversification91
Demographic stability80
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)
29.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access70
Market access6
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)
16.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary2
Lifelong learning48
Knowledge workers2
Scientists & engineers15
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)
15.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy1.5
Jobs22
Education0.5
Health2.5
Safety35.3
Connectivity36
Environment8
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
54.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
-10.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+2.7 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 · 25.1%Diversified · HHI 1945
Agriculture 7.4%Industry 16.7%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.1%Public · health · education 25.1%
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 · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,119M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€230M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — industry (B–E)
€520M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€468M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — construction (F)
€250M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€680M
2024 · EU pctl 24
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€7,200
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
14,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 1
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€8,800
2024 · EU pctl 1
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,628M
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€620M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€12,735M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€484M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — information & communication (J)
€35M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€657M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€782M
2024 · EU pctl 21
Labour market
Employment, total persons
156,790
2024 · EU pctl 64
Self-employed persons
67,090
2023 · EU pctl 92
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,860
2023 · EU pctl 47
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
65.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,013
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise births
1,188
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise deaths
627
2023 · EU pctl 35
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 87
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
0
2012 · EU pctl 2
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 0
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.3%
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.4%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
13.4%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
19.0%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
13.0%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
79,820
2025 · EU pctl 3
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
344 /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.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
35
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
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)
254,724
2025 · EU pctl 70
Population aged 65+
72,038
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged under 15
61,529
2025 · EU pctl 72
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.3%
2025 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of total population change
-3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
13.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Live births
2,945
2024 · EU pctl 70
Deaths
5,288
2024 · EU pctl 76
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.4%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.39
2024 · EU pctl 49
Population density (persons per km²)
79 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 32
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
30.3%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
75.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
663 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,885 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
246 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
75.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
169 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
87 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
145 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
19 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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.
23
2024 · EU pctl 92
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
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