NUTS-3 RO424 · Romania
Timiş
Export region data (CSV)Timiş generates €16bn of GDP across 667.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +8.9%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (52.7th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
40.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth47.4
Livability26.4
Market access13
Economic scale76
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)
26.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability6
Labour stability75
Diversification18
Demographic stability7
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)
41
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density30
Airport access80
Market access13
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)
33.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary1
Lifelong learning52
Knowledge workers24
Scientists & engineers58
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)
26.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy39
Jobs22
Education19.5
Health3.5
Safety52.7
Connectivity45
Environment3
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
47.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 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 · 37.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2541
Agriculture 2.7%Industry 26%Construction 4.6%Trade · transport · ICT 37.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.9%Public · health · education 16.3%
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 · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,360M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€395M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,734M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,350M
2023 · EU pctl 83
GVA — construction (F)
€662M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,382M
2024 · EU pctl 87
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€9,900
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 72
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,800
2024 · EU pctl 25
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,950M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€880M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€11,679M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€682M
2024 · EU pctl 40
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,301M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,847M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,340M
2024 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Employment, total persons
316,090
2024 · EU pctl 87
Self-employed persons
26,500
2023 · EU pctl 66
Employment in manufacturing (C)
99,820
2023 · EU pctl 98
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
64.5%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
31.2%
2022 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
43,520
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise births
5,632
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise deaths
3,259
2023 · EU pctl 79
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
2023 · EU pctl 84
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
4
2012 · EU pctl 23
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
6 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 15
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
19.4%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
17.3%
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.3%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
18.9%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.0%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
697,364
2025 · EU pctl 41
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
476 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 16 · 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.
967
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
145
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
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)
436,278
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged 65+
126,363
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged under 15
104,584
2025 · EU pctl 88
Median age of population
42.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 13
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.0%
2025 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of total population change
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 79
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
5,370
2024 · EU pctl 87
Deaths
7,289
2024 · EU pctl 88
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
52.9%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
77 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 31
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.2%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
76.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
796 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,939 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
249 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 49
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
543 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
68 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
120 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
61 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 54
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 41
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.
26
2024 · EU pctl 97
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 78
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