NUTS-3 PL225 · Poland
Population
638,0222025
GDP
€12,361M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,352.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PL225 · CZ053
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pardubický kraj (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Bielski (53). Contrarian pick: Bielski — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 82).
Why you might not pick Pardubický kraj
Its weakest dimension is Talent & skills (EU pctl 21) — Bielski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Pardubický kraj · Manufacturing → Pardubický kraj · Office → Bielski · Residential → Pardubický kraj.
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
52.8
53.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
22.3
39.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.9
42.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
15.0
34.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
33.3
56.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.5
21.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.4
58.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
2.9% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.8% 5y
15.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€19,374
€24,784
Population density
271 /km²
117 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,169M
€12,001M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€109M
€409M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,886M
€4,339M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,536M
€3,877M
GVA — construction (F)
€862M
€735M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,725M
€2,225M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
€14,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,600 PPS
30,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,700
€24,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
€8,892M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
€1,856M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
€16,475M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,386M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€309M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,823M
€2,204M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,764M
€2,091M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,384M
€10,256M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,084
€55,872
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,334M
€3,366M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
297,800
251,560
Self-employed persons
42,400
23,060
Employment in manufacturing (C)
86,000
79,360
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
12.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
299,500
259,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
50,189
54,146
Enterprise births
4,955
4,495
Enterprise deaths
6,226
3,483
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.2%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
23.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
31.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
9.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
15.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
6.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.1%
94.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,196,024
1,430,508
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
599 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,139 kt
23,714 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
136
2,304
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
21
434
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
32
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
406,467
335,020
Population aged 65+
134,479
112,416
Population aged under 15
97,076
83,033
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
44.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
33.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.6 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.4 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
10.3 /1k
Live births
4,111
4,201
Deaths
7,320
5,442
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
58.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
1.43
Population density (persons per km²)
277 /km²
119 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
542,016
500,883
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.0%
12.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.0 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.8%
10.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
611 /100k
609 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,544 /100k
1,440 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
295 /100k
241 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.1 /100k
7.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
98.2 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
224 /100k
154 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
44 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
1.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
1.33
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
1.14
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.80
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
1.00
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.146/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
425 m
478 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
98 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
4 days/yr