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
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
2,352.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL225 · PL432
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bielski (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Zielonogórski (51). Contrarian pick: Zielonogórski — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Cost advantage (93) · Freight intensity (79)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Bielski
Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 14) — Zielonogórski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Zielonogórski · Manufacturing → Zielonogórski · Office → Bielski · Residential → Bielski.
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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
52.8
50.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
22.3
19.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.9
34.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
15.0
34.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
33.3
23.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.5
25.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
62.4
70.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.8% 5y
10.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€19,374
€16,963
Population density
271 /km²
74 /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)
€11,169M
€8,969M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€109M
€269M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,886M
€3,170M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,536M
€2,166M
GVA — construction (F)
€862M
€567M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,725M
€2,181M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
€10,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
27,600 PPS
24,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,700
€16,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
€3,343M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
€759M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
€6,207M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,823M
€1,157M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,764M
€1,624M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,384M
€8,715M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,084
€47,519
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,334M
€2,486M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
297,800
267,500
Self-employed persons
42,400
43,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
86,000
58,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
1.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
299,500
274,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
50,189
40,035
Enterprise births
4,955
4,652
Enterprise deaths
6,226
5,530
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
0.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.2%
2.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
31.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
34.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
4.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
21.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.1%
95.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,196,024
731,125
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
685 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,139 kt
25,755 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
136
93
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
10 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
21
16
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
65
110
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
406,467
374,986
Population aged 65+
134,479
127,007
Population aged under 15
97,076
83,180
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
33.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.6 /1k
-4.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.4 /1k
0.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
6.2 /1k
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
11.1 /1k
Live births
4,111
3,660
Deaths
7,320
6,534
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
56.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
1.10
Population density (persons per km²)
277 /km²
75 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
542,016
398,716
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.0%
13.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.0 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.8%
11.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
611 /100k
487 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,544 /100k
1,598 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
295 /100k
268 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.1 /100k
12.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
232 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
224 /100k
306 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
68 /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)
425 m
78 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
98 days/yr
66 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
2 days/yr