NUTS-3 PL224 · Poland
Population
471,5932025
GDP
€8,423M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,042.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL224 · PL517
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Częstochowski (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Wałbrzyski (45). Contrarian pick: Wałbrzyski — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 86).
Strengths
Industrial base (83) · Cost advantage (82)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (86) · Freight intensity (85)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Częstochowski
Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 14) — Wałbrzyski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Częstochowski 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
47.2
45.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
25.0
20.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
37.5
40.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
15.7
26.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
40.3
33.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.5
80.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
61.2
52.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.3% 5y
3.2% 5y
Population
1.5% 5y
2.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.2% 5y
3.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€17,861
€14,780
Population density
155 /km²
137 /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)
€7,611M
€7,626M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€185M
€157M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,275M
€2,648M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,077M
€2,141M
GVA — construction (F)
€602M
€502M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,093M
€1,535M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
€11,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,500 PPS
21,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,300
€14,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
€10,003M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
€2,337M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
€25,600M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,151M
€1,229M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,305M
€1,554M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,076M
€7,259M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€46,944
€47,516
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,590M
€1,590M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
216,500
218,400
Self-employed persons
34,600
39,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,800
55,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
219,300
279,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,420
35,320
Enterprise births
3,545
3,643
Enterprise deaths
4,671
4,777
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.2%
6.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
44.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
50.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
11.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
32.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.1%
96.2%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
387,509
2,861,208
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
640 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,756 kt
27,774 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
52
130
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
12 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
23
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
61
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)
297,566
357,072
Population aged 65+
113,143
144,860
Population aged under 15
60,884
69,064
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
40.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.1 /1k
-10.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
-1.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
5.1 /1k
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
14.5 /1k
Live births
2,632
2,937
Deaths
6,201
8,322
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.5%
59.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
0.98
Population density (persons per km²)
156 /km²
138 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
283,049
337,151
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.0%
10.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.0 yrs
78.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.8%
8.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
611 /100k
729 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,544 /100k
1,486 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
295 /100k
280 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
1.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.8 /100k
13.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
181 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
135 /100k
258 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
52 /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)
283 m
371 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
93 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
5 days/yr