NUTS-3 RO315 · Romania
Ialomiţa
Ialomiţa generates €2.8bn of GDP across 248.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 23.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +8.3%/yr over five years, with the employment rate down 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (35th EU percentile) and weakest for education (3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard6 → 2 EU percentile since 1995 (-4 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
Energy cost52
Growth momentum43
Resilience43
Digital readiness41
Industrial base36
Connectivity23
Freight intensity17
Talent & skills16
Quality of life15
Labour market8
Economic base6
Demographic outlook4
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)
23.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42.8
Livability14.8
Market access24
Economic scale13
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)
42.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability3
Labour stability49
Diversification95
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)
22.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density23
Airport access21
Market access24
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)
14.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy4
Jobs11
Education3
Health3.5
Safety35
Connectivity32
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
42.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 25.3%Diversified · HHI 1844
Agriculture 10.4%Industry 19.8%Construction 9.5%Trade · transport · ICT 25.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.4%Public · health · education 18.7%
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)
€2,834M2024
8.5% 1y 8.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,753M2025
0.3% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Population
248,7862025
0.2% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Unemployment rate
8.6%2025
17.8% 1y 8.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Employment
112,5602024
0.1% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Productivity / employee
€28,0292025
11.3% 1y 14.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Gross value added
€2,568M2024
7.6% 1y 8.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,568M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€268M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — industry (B–E)
€507M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€362M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — construction (F)
€245M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€649M
2024 · EU pctl 22
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)
18,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 6
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,400
2024 · EU pctl 3
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)
€272M
2024 · EU pctl 18
GVA — information & communication (J)
€15M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€420M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€479M
2024 · EU pctl 10
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,753M
2025 · EU pctl 8
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€28,029
2025 · EU pctl 2
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€675M
2025 · EU pctl 14
Labour market
Employment, total persons
112,560
2024 · EU pctl 48
Self-employed persons
42,770
2023 · EU pctl 83
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,510
2023 · EU pctl 30
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.6%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
106,000
2025 · EU pctl 44
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,781
2023 · EU pctl 32
Enterprise births
805
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
496
2023 · EU pctl 27
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 76
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.2%
2023 · EU pctl 2 · 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)
175,316
2025 · EU pctl 10
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
403 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,618 kt
2025 · EU pctl 25
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
67
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
9 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
88
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
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)
155,145
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
51,606
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged under 15
42,035
2025 · EU pctl 58
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.3%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Crude rate of total population change
-2.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Live births
1,895
2024 · EU pctl 51
Deaths
3,618
2024 · EU pctl 60
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
57 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 21
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
165,682
2100 · EU pctl 39
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
542 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61 · 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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
124 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
295 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
76 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 91 · 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)
32 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
45 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
65 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 58
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
11.9%
2021 · EU pctl 90
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