NUTS-3 RO216 · Romania
Vaslui
Vaslui generates €3.1bn of GDP across 366k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 20.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +9.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 10.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (39th EU percentile) and weakest for education (0.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard0 → 1 EU percentile since 1995 (+0 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 advantage98
Digital readiness60
Energy cost52
Growth momentum44
Resilience42
Industrial base33
Connectivity19
Talent & skills17
Quality of life16
Labour market10
Demographic outlook5
Governance2
Economic base1
Freight intensity1
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)
20.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44
Livability15.9
Market access6
Economic scale15
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)
41.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability4
Labour stability53
Diversification83
Demographic stability27
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)
19.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density18
Airport access34
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)
15.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy1.5
Jobs22
Education0.5
Health2.5
Safety30
Connectivity39
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
44
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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 · 28.3%Diversified · HHI 2052
Agriculture 6.4%Industry 15%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 21%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.2%Public · health · education 28.3%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€3,064M2024
10.5% 1y 9.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,080M2025
0.3% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Population
365,9772025
1.0% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Unemployment rate
5.7%2025
18.8% 1y 13.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Employment
186,3802024
1.3% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Productivity / employee
€18,3012025
11.3% 1y 13.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
Gross value added
€2,777M2024
9.6% 1y 9.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,777M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€179M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — industry (B–E)
€417M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€369M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — construction (F)
€195M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€583M
2024 · EU pctl 20
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)
13,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 1
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€8,300
2024 · EU pctl 0
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)
€29M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€617M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€785M
2024 · EU pctl 22
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,080M
2025 · EU pctl 11
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€18,301
2025 · EU pctl 0
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€711M
2025 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
186,380
2024 · EU pctl 70
Self-employed persons
104,220
2023 · EU pctl 97
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,420
2023 · EU pctl 40
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.7%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
151,400
2025 · EU pctl 60
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,790
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise births
1,037
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise deaths
728
2023 · EU pctl 40
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 80
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.2%
2023 · EU pctl 3 · 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)
58,443
2025 · EU pctl 1
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
344 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,038 kt
2025 · EU pctl 4
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
50
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
1 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
69
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
229,793
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged 65+
72,350
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged under 15
63,834
2025 · EU pctl 73
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.5%
2025 · EU pctl 19
Crude rate of total population change
-9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude death rate
14.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Live births
2,560
2024 · EU pctl 64
Deaths
5,138
2024 · EU pctl 75
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.3%
2025 · EU pctl 51
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
70 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 27
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
298,580
2100 · EU pctl 65
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
668 /100k
2024 · 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
2.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
213 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
378 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
87 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 94 · 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)
87 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
27 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
76 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
31.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 54
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
8.2%
2021 · EU pctl 82
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