NUTS-3 RO322 · Romania
Ilfov
Ilfov generates €10bn of GDP across 604.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +10.4%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 5.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (83.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (7.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard10 → 14 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)
Demographic outlook94
Growth momentum91
Talent & skills86
Digital readiness74
Cost advantage69
Labour market67
Connectivity59
Energy cost52
Industrial base44
Quality of life43
Freight intensity42
Resilience40
Economic base35
Air quality8
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)
59.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth91
Livability43.3
Market access42
Economic scale61
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)
39.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability2
Labour stability44
Diversification13
Demographic stability100
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)
58.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density40
Airport access94
Market access42
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)
8
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.517.2 µg/m³
PM1021.3 µg/m³
NO224.8 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
Economy33
Jobs83.5
Education45.5
Health7.5
Safety68.7
Connectivity57
Environment8
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
91
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+10.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+10.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+4.4%
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 · 40%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2640
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 18.4%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 40%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.6%Public · health · education 9.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€10,406M2024
10.1% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,973M2025
0.3% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 56
Population
604,2642025
3.5% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Unemployment rate
1.8%2025
18.2% 1y 17.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
Employment
193,4902024
4.0% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Productivity / employee
€59,8702025
11.3% 1y 10.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Gross value added
€9,430M2024
9.2% 1y 10.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,430M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€112M
2024 · EU pctl 41
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,734M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,503M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — construction (F)
€663M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,768M
2024 · EU pctl 81
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)
29,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 35
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,500
2024 · EU pctl 15
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)
€858M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — information & communication (J)
€389M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,227M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€925M
2024 · EU pctl 29
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,973M
2025 · EU pctl 56
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€59,870
2025 · EU pctl 24
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,867M
2025 · EU pctl 78
Labour market
Employment, total persons
193,490
2024 · EU pctl 72
Self-employed persons
6,260
2023 · EU pctl 20
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,460
2023 · EU pctl 64
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)
320,000
2025 · EU pctl 86
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
43,824
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise births
6,853
2023 · EU pctl 90
Enterprise deaths
3,312
2023 · EU pctl 79
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 91
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)
311,065
2025 · EU pctl 19
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.
1,805
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,191 kt
2025 · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
299
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
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.
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
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)
419,555
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged 65+
81,214
2025 · EU pctl 66
Population aged under 15
103,495
2025 · EU pctl 88
Median age of population
40.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 4
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
19.4%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of total population change
34.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
34.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude death rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Live births
4,253
2024 · EU pctl 81
Deaths
4,309
2024 · EU pctl 68
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
44.0%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
2024 · EU pctl 8
Population density (persons per km²)
390 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 79
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
723,916
2100 · EU pctl 90
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
171 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
161 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
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)
80 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
37 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 61
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 84
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 96
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
46
2024 · EU pctl 12
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
20.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 38
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.2%
2021 · EU pctl 41
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