NUTS-3 PL22B · Poland
Population
624,1772025
GDP
€11,252M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,799.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL22B · ITF46
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Sosnowiecki (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Foggia (42). Contrarian pick: Foggia — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 49).
Strengths
Freight intensity (85) · Cost advantage (82)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
#2Foggia
Strengths
Cost advantage (70) · Demographic outlook (49)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Sosnowiecki
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 14) — Foggia may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Sosnowiecki 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
51.0
41.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
16.0
44.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
39.9
25.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
13.5
36.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.7
14.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.5
12.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
57.0
42.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.5% 5y
3.0% 5y
Population
1.4% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.5% 5y
16.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,027
€22,206
Population density
347 /km²
85 /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)
€10,167M
€11,775M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€94M
€955M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,355M
€1,452M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,188M
€1,064M
GVA — construction (F)
€827M
€782M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,817M
€2,704M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
€17,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,700 PPS
22,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,400
€22,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
€21,133M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
€1,693M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
€36,660M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,634M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€79M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,527M
€2,817M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,548M
€3,068M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,452M
€11,910M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,097
€66,140
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,125M
€3,052M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
255,700
204,400
Self-employed persons
34,100
57,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
60,000
16,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
56.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
32.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
10.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
287,000
221,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
38,328
36,975
Enterprise births
3,992
2,905
Enterprise deaths
4,956
2,126
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.2%
2.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
18.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
27.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
8.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
17.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
4.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.1%
91.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
491,399
4,776,283
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
649 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
30,320 kt
6,991 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,223
13
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
16 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
356
2
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
118
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
389,532
377,280
Population aged 65+
157,424
140,332
Population aged under 15
77,221
72,651
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
47.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.4%
37.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.3 /1k
-4.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.7 /1k
-0.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude death rate
13.7 /1k
10.9 /1k
Live births
3,178
3,809
Deaths
8,619
6,457
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.2%
56.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.98
1.19
Population density (persons per km²)
352 /km²
86 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
347,823
424,358
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.0%
35.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.0 yrs
83.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.8%
27.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
611 /100k
274 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,544 /100k
946 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
295 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.2 /100k
34.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
188 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
252 /100k
1,554 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
62 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.60
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.57
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.57
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.41
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.159/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
328 m
72 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
84 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
94 days/yr
5 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
5 days/yr