NUTS-3 PL815 · Poland
Population
426,8942025
GDP
€5,192M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
5,638.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL815 · RO214
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Puławski (Opportunity 36). Runner-up: Neamţ (29). Contrarian pick: Neamţ — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 98).
#1Puławski
Strengths
Cost advantage (92) · Energy cost (79)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
#2Neamţ
Strengths
Cost advantage (98) · Digital readiness (60)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Puławski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 4) — Neamţ may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Puławski 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
35.6
29.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
32.0
54.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
27.5
22.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
13.5
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
33.7
24.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
48.5
16.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.0
52.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
1.9% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.1% 5y
13.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€12,163
€11,493
Population density
76 /km²
76 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,692M
€4,642M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€351M
€304M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€981M
€928M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€816M
€700M
GVA — construction (F)
€419M
€356M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,268M
€1,362M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,500
€7,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,400 PPS
19,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,800
€11,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,181M
€7,628M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€820M
€620M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€10,585M
€12,735M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€478M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€33M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€707M
€730M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€966M
€963M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,661M
€3,477M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€33,689
€22,604
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,160M
€1,188M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
194,000
252,290
Self-employed persons
68,500
116,550
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,800
27,020
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.5%
65.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.1%
18.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.2%
5.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
202,200
182,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,548
18,307
Enterprise births
2,434
1,880
Enterprise deaths
3,015
1,218
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
6.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.7%
1.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.9%
0.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.4%
13.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.5%
19.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.2%
10.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.9%
13.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.2%
5.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.9%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
722,442
491,898
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
647 /1k
344 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,503 kt
4,602 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
45
50
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
11
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
47
60
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
268,104
277,517
Population aged 65+
97,924
98,935
Population aged under 15
60,866
69,298
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
45.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.5%
35.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.2 /1k
-4.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-4.6 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
14.4 /1k
Live births
2,754
3,203
Deaths
5,171
6,449
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.2%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
77 /km²
76 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
261,148
315,941
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.0%
30.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.6 yrs
75.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.9%
23.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
621 /100k
668 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,560 /100k
1,885 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
252 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
10.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
50.3 /100k
77.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
86.0 /100k
106 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
61 /M
87 /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)
155 m
373 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
110 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr