NUTS-3 PL217 · Poland
Population
421,3042025
GDP
€5,169M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,602.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL217 · PL924
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ostrołęcki (Opportunity 41). Runner-up: Tarnowski (38). Contrarian pick: Tarnowski — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 91).
Strengths
Cost advantage (83) · Digital readiness (83)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Demographic outlook (87)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ostrołęcki
Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 14) — Tarnowski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ostrołęcki leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
37.8
40.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
30.5
38.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
43.8
34.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
12.7
59.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
30.0
24.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.3
16.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
47.2
64.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.7% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
1.4% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.0% 5y
1.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€12,268
€15,980
Population density
162 /km²
55 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,670M
€5,161M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€121M
€790M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,101M
€1,217M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€824M
€1,026M
GVA — construction (F)
€518M
€385M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,098M
€1,350M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
€12,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,800 PPS
23,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,100
€15,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,024M
€8,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,652M
€3,241M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€26,117M
€12,664M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€710M
€588M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,122M
€831M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,442M
€4,811M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€39,740
€48,599
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,002M
€1,434M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
159,500
144,900
Self-employed persons
38,100
40,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
31,300
26,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
75.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
14.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
199,900
174,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,958
20,784
Enterprise births
2,834
2,222
Enterprise deaths
3,227
2,670
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
6.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.7%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.0%
1.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
0.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.2%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.1%
36.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
4.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.4%
17.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
5.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.0%
97.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
190,459
128,481
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
588 /1k
665 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,418 kt
13,232 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
986
33
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
234
9
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
10 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
76
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
271,613
229,713
Population aged 65+
84,972
70,682
Population aged under 15
64,719
57,046
Median age of population
43.3 yrs
42.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
30.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.0 /1k
-6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.9 /1k
-3.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.3 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
3,043
2,866
Deaths
4,359
3,927
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.1%
55.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
164 /km²
55 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
355,690
253,425
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.9%
16.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.6 yrs
77.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
413 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,376 /100k
1,650 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
278 /100k
274 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.9 /100k
9.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
100 /100k
102 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
177 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
92 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
188 m
95 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
82 days/yr
91 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr