NUTS-3 RO321 · Romania
Bucureşti
Bucureşti generates €94bn of GDP across 1.7m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 64.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +11.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (83.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (4.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser18 → 78 EU percentile since 1995 (+61 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)
Economic base99
Talent & skills86
Digital readiness74
Growth momentum72
Cost advantage69
Labour market67
Connectivity57
Energy cost52
Quality of life43
Resilience17
Demographic outlook12
Industrial base6
Air quality4
Freight intensity4
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)
64.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth72
Livability43.3
Market access45
Economic scale98
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)
17
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability4
Labour stability44
Diversification16
Demographic stability4
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)
57.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density29
Airport access98
Market access45
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)
85.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary75
Lifelong learning88
Knowledge workers88
Scientists & engineers91
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
4.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.516.9 µg/m³
PM1025.2 µg/m³
NO230.8 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
43.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy65
Jobs83.5
Education45.5
Health7.5
Safety46
Connectivity51.5
Environment4.3
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
72
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+11.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+10.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+2.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-2.9 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 · 34.8%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2584
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 9.3%Construction 8.9%Trade · transport · ICT 34.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 30.9%Public · health · education 15.7%
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)
€94,003M2024
11.6% 1y 11.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€72,019M2025
0.3% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Population
1,709,1912025
0.7% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Unemployment rate
1.8%2025
18.2% 1y 17.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
Employment
1,131,1702024
5.1% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Productivity / employee
€92,5112025
11.3% 1y 12.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Gross value added
€85,182M2024
10.7% 1y 11.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€85,182M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€257M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,892M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,297M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — construction (F)
€7,585M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€29,682M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€17,600
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
90,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 99
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€54,800
2024 · EU pctl 88
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€34,028M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,152M
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€37,853M
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,455M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — information & communication (J)
€12,849M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€26,352M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€13,414M
2024 · EU pctl 97
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€72,019M
2025 · EU pctl 98
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,511
2025 · EU pctl 71
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€34,927M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,131,170
2024 · EU pctl 99
Self-employed persons
32,700
2023 · EU pctl 73
Employment in manufacturing (C)
61,000
2023 · EU pctl 92
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.4%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.7%
2021 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.8%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
851,100
2025 · EU pctl 97
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
171,204
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise births
26,265
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise deaths
13,465
2023 · EU pctl 97
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 72
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.5%
2023 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
47.3%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
20.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.0%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.0%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,147,853
2025 · EU pctl 84
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
671 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 87 · 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.
2,287
CURRENT · EU pctl 84
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,912 kt
2025 · EU pctl 70
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
134
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
72 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
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)
1,115,857
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged 65+
335,013
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
258,321
2025 · EU pctl 98
Median age of population
42.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 17
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.0%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
-7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
8.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
14,154
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
21,051
2024 · EU pctl 99
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.2%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
2024 · EU pctl 24
Population density (persons per km²)
7,426 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 100
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
959,208
2100 · EU pctl 94
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
1,057 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,823 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
328 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
44.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
238 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
751 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · 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)
84 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
38 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
71 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 93
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
31
2024 · EU pctl 99
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
38
2024 · EU pctl 1
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
27.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 48
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.9%
2021 · EU pctl 49
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