NUTS-3 RO216 · Romania
Vaslui
Export region data (CSV)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 (37th EU percentile) and weakest for education (0.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
20.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44
Livability15.6
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)
18
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density14
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)
15.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy1.5
Jobs22
Education0.5
Health2.5
Safety30
Connectivity37
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).
All indicators · 69 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
0
2012 · EU pctl 2
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
1 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 1
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)
58,443
2025 · EU pctl 1
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.
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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 33
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
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
2.2 /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
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
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