NUTS-3 PL821 · Poland
Population
430,4152025
GDP
€5,228M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
73.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,540.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL821 · PL228
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bytomski (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Krośnieński (35). Contrarian pick: Krośnieński — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 94).
#1Bytomski
Strengths
Cost advantage (82) · Energy cost (79)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (94) · Digital readiness (86)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Bytomski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 11) — Krośnieński may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Bytomski 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
35.1
43.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
18.0
29.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
36.7
39.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
41.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
20.7
55.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
41.0
56.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.6
58.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.9% 5y
2.7% 5y
Population
1.7% 5y
1.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.5% 5y
5.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€12,145
€14,626
Population density
78 /km²
252 /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)
€4,723M
€5,263M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€97M
€57M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,526M
€1,314M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,100M
€1,038M
GVA — construction (F)
€352M
€556M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€954M
€1,337M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€9,600
€12,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,600 PPS
21,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,900
€14,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,847M
€14,344M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,209M
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€11,647M
€36,613M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€653M
€860M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,141M
€1,139M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,576M
€4,893M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€38,535
€47,172
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,260M
€1,100M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
172,500
149,000
Self-employed persons
30,800
21,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,100
24,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
69.5%
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.3%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
190,700
189,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,261
25,044
Enterprise births
2,612
2,559
Enterprise deaths
3,077
3,115
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.2%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.3%
5.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
34.2%
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
42.2%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
5.8%
6.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
24.7%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.1%
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
96.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,893,692
319,579
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
612 /1k
602 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,279 kt
11,585 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
57
1,237
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
9 km/1000km²
21 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
13
311
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
75
21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
274,835
256,456
Population aged 65+
93,580
86,109
Population aged under 15
62,000
55,693
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
44.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
33.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.6 /1k
-6.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.9 /1k
0.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
6.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
12.5 /1k
Live births
2,583
2,389
Deaths
4,610
5,013
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.6%
55.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
1.06
Population density (persons per km²)
79 /km²
256 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
311,513
273,152
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.4%
10.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.5 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
16.5%
7.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
691 /100k
611 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,450 /100k
1,544 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
295 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
14.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
60.2 /100k
144 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
63.6 /100k
234 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
53 /M
30 /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)
453 m
289 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
99 days/yr
83 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
3 days/yr