NUTS-3 RO415 · Romania
Vâlcea
Export region data (CSV)Vâlcea generates €4.9bn of GDP across 340.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +8.8%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate down 7.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (63.3th EU percentile) and weakest for education (1.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
28.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43
Livability21.4
Market access19
Economic scale29
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)
40
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability7
Labour stability51
Diversification80
Demographic stability22
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)
20
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density17
Airport access24
Market access19
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)
21.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy10.5
Jobs14
Education1.5
Health6.5
Safety63.3
Connectivity32.5
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
43
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+9.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 28.5%Diversified · HHI 2075
Agriculture 4.1%Industry 24.2%Construction 9.6%Trade · transport · ICT 28.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.5%Public · health · education 18.1%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,414M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€180M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,068M
2024 · EU pctl 35
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€705M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€425M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,259M
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)
23,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 18
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,300
2024 · EU pctl 8
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)
€397M
2024 · EU pctl 26
GVA — information & communication (J)
€34M
2024 · EU pctl 22
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€684M
2024 · EU pctl 23
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€798M
2024 · EU pctl 23
Labour market
Employment, total persons
157,920
2024 · EU pctl 65
Self-employed persons
49,110
2023 · EU pctl 86
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,360
2023 · EU pctl 62
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,049
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise births
1,645
2023 · EU pctl 57
Enterprise deaths
952
2023 · EU pctl 48
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 82
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2011 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
2 /M pop
2011 · EU pctl 5
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
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)
1,436,997
2025 · EU pctl 61
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.
34
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
10
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
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)
213,952
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged 65+
82,768
2025 · EU pctl 66
Population aged under 15
43,516
2025 · EU pctl 60
Median age of population
48.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 71
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude birth rate
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Live births
1,966
2024 · EU pctl 53
Deaths
3,280
2024 · EU pctl 55
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
60 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 22
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
36.0%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
76.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
724 /100k
2023 · 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
9.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
98.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
195 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
111 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
442 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 62
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
104 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
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