NUTS-3 RO412 · Romania
Gorj
Gorj generates €6.2bn of GDP across 307.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 30.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +10.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate down 7.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (65.3th EU percentile) and weakest for education (1.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard15 → 12 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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 advantage97
Economic base52
Energy cost52
Digital readiness48
Growth momentum46
Quality of life26
Resilience25
Connectivity20
Freight intensity17
Talent & skills11
Industrial base8
Labour market3
Demographic outlook2
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)
30.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth46
Livability25.7
Market access12
Economic scale40
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)
24.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability1
Labour stability51
Diversification18
Demographic stability29
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)
19.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density24
Airport access23
Market access12
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)
10.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary2
Lifelong learning1
Knowledge workers4
Scientists & engineers35
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)
25.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy27.5
Jobs14
Education1.5
Health6.5
Safety65.3
Connectivity36
Environment29
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
46
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+10.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+10.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
-7.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.9 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: Industry · 40.3%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2542
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 40.3%Construction 9.1%Trade · transport · ICT 22.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.4%Public · health · education 13.5%
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)
€6,197M2024
7.4% 1y 10.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,757M2025
0.3% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Population
307,7022025
0.8% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Unemployment rate
6.8%2025
11.7% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Employment
150,3502024
0.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Productivity / employee
€45,8842025
11.3% 1y 13.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Gross value added
€5,616M2024
6.6% 1y 10.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,616M
2024 · EU pctl 40
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€141M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,264M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€309M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — construction (F)
€509M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,247M
2024 · EU pctl 44
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€7,500
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€20,100
2024 · EU pctl 20
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€4,369M
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€531M
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€8,535M
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€361M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — information & communication (J)
€33M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€698M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€756M
2024 · EU pctl 20
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,757M
2025 · EU pctl 27
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€45,884
2025 · EU pctl 16
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,153M
2025 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,350
2024 · EU pctl 63
Self-employed persons
43,690
2023 · EU pctl 84
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,240
2023 · EU pctl 33
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
60.8%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
32.8%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
125,600
2025 · EU pctl 50
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,500
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise births
1,304
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise deaths
820
2023 · EU pctl 44
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
2023 · EU pctl 75
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.2%
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.9%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.1%
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
20.4%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
3.0%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.5%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.3%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
203,047
2025 · EU pctl 12
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
428 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 7 · 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.
90
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,477 kt
2025 · EU pctl 33
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
0 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
29
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
84
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
206,600
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged 65+
61,773
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged under 15
39,329
2025 · EU pctl 55
Median age of population
46.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 52
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.9%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
-7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
1,867
2024 · EU pctl 50
Deaths
3,935
2024 · EU pctl 63
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
48.9%
2025 · EU pctl 5
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.17
2024 · EU pctl 17
Population density (persons per km²)
56 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 20
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
123,875
2100 · EU pctl 26
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
718 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,743 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
189 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
81.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
135 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
111 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 98 · 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)
282 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
22 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
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.
16
2024 · EU pctl 71
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
16.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 30
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.1%
2021 · EU pctl 40
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