NUTS-3 PL814 · Poland
Population
680,4322025
GDP
€12,348M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,213.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL814 · RO122
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Braşov (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Lubelski (46). Contrarian pick: Lubelski — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 79).
#1Braşov
Strengths
Cost advantage (95) · Growth momentum (81)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
#2Lubelski
Strengths
Cost advantage (92) · Energy cost (79)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Braşov
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 2) — Lubelski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Braşov 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
45.9
48.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
31.5
43.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
29.9
25.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
8.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.0
42.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
48.5
24.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.6
81.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.5% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.5% 5y
10.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€18,147
€21,365
Population density
161 /km²
104 /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)
€11,157M
€10,847M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€289M
€253M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,549M
€2,497M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,555M
€2,014M
GVA — construction (F)
€769M
€884M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,918M
€3,472M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,500
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,100 PPS
35,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,700
€21,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,181M
€10,071M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€820M
€1,159M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,585M
€14,134M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,144M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€833M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,952M
€2,142M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,680M
€1,600M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,084M
€8,499M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€43,994
€53,110
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,758M
€3,500M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
353,300
250,900
Self-employed persons
74,900
37,490
Employment in manufacturing (C)
42,700
67,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.5%
66.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.1%
24.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.2%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
327,900
230,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
50,273
36,872
Enterprise births
5,773
4,932
Enterprise deaths
5,841
2,600
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
6.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.7%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.4%
19.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
20.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.2%
7.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
18.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
8.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
97.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
808,867
2,619,522
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
647 /1k
433 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,815 kt
5,396 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,345
929
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
6 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
198
166
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
434,797
348,566
Population aged 65+
144,106
117,794
Population aged under 15
101,529
93,917
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
43.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
33.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.2 /1k
5.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.3 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.8 /1k
11.1 /1k
Live births
4,944
4,763
Deaths
7,346
6,219
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
60.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
163 /km²
105 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
523,109
461,749
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.0%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.6 yrs
77.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.9%
19.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
621 /100k
749 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,560 /100k
1,780 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
252 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
1.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.2 /100k
20.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
135 /100k
151 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
131 /100k
239 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
61 /M
72 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
187 m
464 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
104 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr