NUTS-3 RO316 · Romania
Prahova
Export region data (CSV)Prahova generates €11bn of GDP across 685.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.3/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +7.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 1.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (53th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (1th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
35.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.8
Livability17.3
Market access30
Economic scale65
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability1
Labour stability49
Diversification49
Demographic stability13
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)
33.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density27
Airport access44
Market access30
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)
17.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15.5
Jobs11
Education3
Health3.5
Safety53
Connectivity34
Environment1
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
28.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+3.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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: Industry · 34.2%Diversified · HHI 2257
Agriculture 2.2%Industry 34.2%Construction 11.2%Trade · transport · ICT 22.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 15%Public · health · education 14.8%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,267M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€222M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,509M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,103M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — construction (F)
€1,145M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,335M
2024 · EU pctl 68
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)
27,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 29
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,500
2024 · EU pctl 13
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)
€625M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — information & communication (J)
€201M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,536M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,519M
2024 · EU pctl 50
Labour market
Employment, total persons
296,710
2024 · EU pctl 86
Self-employed persons
37,980
2023 · EU pctl 78
Employment in manufacturing (C)
76,650
2023 · EU pctl 95
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)
33,956
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise births
3,727
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise deaths
2,355
2023 · EU pctl 73
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
2023 · EU pctl 94
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
3
2012 · EU pctl 19
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
4 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 10
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)
1,089,899
2025 · EU pctl 55
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.
436
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
64
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 56
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)
440,704
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged 65+
151,884
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
92,974
2025 · EU pctl 85
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 56
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of total population change
-5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Live births
4,383
2024 · EU pctl 81
Deaths
9,815
2024 · EU pctl 94
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.6%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.30
2024 · EU pctl 34
Population density (persons per km²)
147 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 55
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
73.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
134 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
76 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
269 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
20 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
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.
30
2024 · EU pctl 99
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