NUTS-3 PL634 · Poland
Population
635,0342025
GDP
€8,455M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,291.6 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PL634 · SK041
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Gdański (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Prešovský kraj (44).
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Strengths
Cost advantage (90) · Demographic outlook (89)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (87) · Demographic outlook (75)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Gdański
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 7) — Prešovský kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Gdański 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
49.6
44.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.5
38.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
45.9
22.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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33.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
43.7
18.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.0
27.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
81.6
65.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.9% 5y
2.0% 5y
Population
1.5% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
5.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€13,314
€14,571
Population density
148 /km²
90 /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)
€7,640M
€10,679M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€270M
€229M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,983M
€2,264M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,718M
€2,181M
GVA — construction (F)
€888M
€1,391M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,118M
€2,652M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
€11,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
19,300 PPS
18,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,100
€14,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
€4,308M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
€826M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,730M
€10,472M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€817M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€379M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,124M
€1,908M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,256M
€2,236M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,265M
€9,650M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€43,850
€43,821
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,813M
€1,966M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
237,600
283,240
Self-employed persons
52,900
55,460
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,100
63,370
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
73.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
26.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
9.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
321,800
390,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
51,364
88,255
Enterprise births
6,420
10,943
Enterprise deaths
7,105
12,808
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.7%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
26.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.1%
11.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.0%
18.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
4.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.7%
91.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,214,647
2,923,584
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
600 /1k
419 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
21,655 kt
13,055 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,100
64
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
4 km/1000km²
10 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
173
8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
94
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
418,302
528,255
Population aged 65+
96,195
133,917
Population aged under 15
120,537
147,836
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
39.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.0%
25.4%
Crude rate of total population change
8.5 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
-1.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
11.5 /1k
Crude death rate
8.8 /1k
8.5 /1k
Live births
5,731
9,295
Deaths
5,576
6,881
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.8%
53.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.84
Population density (persons per km²)
150 /km²
90 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
716,376
682,214
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.8%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.7 yrs
78.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.5%
20.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
470 /100k
616 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,427 /100k
1,695 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
290 /100k
265 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
4.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
47.6 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
193 /100k
96.2 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
34 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.80
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.73
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.59
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.38
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.160/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.063/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
174 m
441 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
115 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr