NUTS-3 RO224 · Romania
Galaţi
Galaţi generates €5.6bn of GDP across 489.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 26.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (55th EU percentile) and weakest for education (0.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard8 → 2 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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 advantage97
Energy cost52
Resilience41
Growth momentum40
Industrial base36
Digital readiness22
Quality of life18
Connectivity16
Freight intensity14
Talent & skills14
Economic base7
Demographic outlook3
Labour market3
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)
26.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.2
Livability17.8
Market access13
Economic scale35
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)
41.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability6
Labour stability47
Diversification89
Demographic stability23
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)
15.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density21
Airport access13
Market access13
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)
13.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary0
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers2
Scientists & engineers19
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)
17.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy5
Jobs4
Education0.5
Health2.5
Safety55
Connectivity21.5
Environment36
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
40.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
-3.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+3.9 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 · 25.6%Diversified · HHI 1970
Agriculture 4.3%Industry 16.3%Construction 12.4%Trade · transport · ICT 25.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.5%Public · health · education 23.9%
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)
€5,618M2024
10.5% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,629M2025
0.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 26
Population
489,0562025
0.8% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Unemployment rate
11.3%2025
14.1% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Employment
177,1202024
1.9% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Productivity / employee
€35,3122025
11.3% 1y 11.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Gross value added
€5,091M2024
9.7% 1y 7.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,091M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€220M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — industry (B–E)
€828M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€714M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€630M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,301M
2024 · EU pctl 45
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€7,700
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
19,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 7
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,400
2024 · EU pctl 3
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€6,740M
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€569M
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€11,406M
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€364M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — information & communication (J)
€155M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€893M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,219M
2024 · EU pctl 40
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,629M
2025 · EU pctl 26
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€35,312
2025 · EU pctl 5
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,296M
2025 · EU pctl 35
Labour market
Employment, total persons
177,120
2024 · EU pctl 69
Self-employed persons
26,880
2023 · EU pctl 67
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,090
2023 · EU pctl 75
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
63.8%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
31.4%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
197,300
2025 · EU pctl 70
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,392
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise births
2,191
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise deaths
1,358
2023 · EU pctl 58
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 79
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.1%
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
0.8%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.1%
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
14.1%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
16.4%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
13.4%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.4%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
193,000
2025 · EU pctl 11
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
415 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 4 · 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.
97
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,403 kt
2025 · EU pctl 46
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
20
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
5 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
104
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
309,943
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged 65+
105,255
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged under 15
73,858
2025 · EU pctl 78
Median age of population
45.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 44
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of total population change
-8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude death rate
13.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Live births
3,425
2024 · EU pctl 74
Deaths
6,756
2024 · EU pctl 86
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
112 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 45
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
281,672
2100 · EU pctl 62
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
638 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,908 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
233 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
94.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
130 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
94 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 97 · 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)
122 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
33 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
77 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 70
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.
15
2024 · EU pctl 64
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 55
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
18.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.6%
2021 · EU pctl 76
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