NUTS-3 RO312 · Romania
Călăraşi
Export region data (CSV)Călăraşi generates €2.5bn of GDP across 278.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 24.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +7.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (55.7th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (2th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
24.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth44.8
Livability17.8
Market access25
Economic scale11
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)
45.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability2
Labour stability49
Diversification95
Demographic stability37
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 density22
Airport access22
Market access25
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
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary1
Lifelong learning59
Knowledge workers0
Scientists & engineers4
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 · 6/7 pillars
Economy2
Jobs11
Education3
Health3.5
Safety55.7
Connectivity31.5
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
44.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
-1.1 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 · 23%Diversified · HHI 1850
Agriculture 11.4%Industry 22.6%Construction 8.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.8%Public · health · education 23%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,300M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€263M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — industry (B–E)
€519M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€466M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — construction (F)
€194M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€456M
2024 · EU pctl 13
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€7,400
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
15,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 2
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€9,100
2024 · EU pctl 1
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,781M
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,628M
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€12,452M
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€150M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€340M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€529M
2024 · EU pctl 11
Labour market
Employment, total persons
109,490
2024 · EU pctl 47
Self-employed persons
40,000
2023 · EU pctl 80
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,630
2023 · EU pctl 43
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
68.4%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
39.3%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,189
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise births
949
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
600
2023 · EU pctl 33
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 72
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.4%
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.5%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
14.0%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
16.7%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
11.8%
2025 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.7%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
33,310
2025 · EU pctl 0
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
403 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · 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.
49
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
18
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
85
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
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)
178,140
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged 65+
57,134
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged under 15
43,328
2025 · EU pctl 60
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 33
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude death rate
15.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Live births
1,931
2024 · EU pctl 52
Deaths
4,246
2024 · EU pctl 68
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 21
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
27.5%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
76.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
541 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,895 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
207 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
203 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
76 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
40 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
44 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
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