NUTS-3 PL913 · Poland
Population
728,0272025
GDP
€18,191M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
86.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,461.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL913 · SK042
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Warszawski zachodni (Opportunity 68). Runner-up: Košický kraj (46). Contrarian pick: Košický kraj — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 87).
Strengths
Labour market (100) · Talent & skills (96)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Warszawski zachodni
Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 14) — Košický kraj may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Warszawski zachodni 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
67.7
45.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.3
36.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.7
20.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
25.3
22.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
55.0
20.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
95.8
27.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
85.2
65.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.2% 5y
2.2% 5y
Population
2.4% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.9% 5y
1.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€24,987
€19,912
Population density
296 /km²
116 /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)
€16,437M
€14,031M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€330M
€246M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,259M
€2,997M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,116M
€2,895M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,431M
€1,384M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,593M
€3,850M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,300
€11,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
24,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,300
€19,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€25,304M
€4,308M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,739M
€826M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€54,507M
€10,472M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,675M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€1,195M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,964M
€3,233M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,860M
€2,321M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,196M
€12,680M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,288
€55,778
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,921M
€2,584M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
284,700
292,390
Self-employed persons
53,200
40,070
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,500
51,010
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.0%
73.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
10.4%
26.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.1%
9.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
403,900
375,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
73,838
68,160
Enterprise births
8,129
8,770
Enterprise deaths
9,013
9,935
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
6.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
11.5%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.6%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
65.3%
26.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
69.6%
34.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
18.6%
11.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
45.5%
18.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
16.1%
4.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
91.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
837,465
867,090
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
685 /1k
419 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
34,692 kt
19,341 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,548
11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
213
1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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10 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
72
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
474,378
508,542
Population aged 65+
127,263
136,052
Population aged under 15
126,386
134,205
Median age of population
41.9 yrs
41.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.8%
26.8%
Crude rate of total population change
10.0 /1k
-0.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
12.4 /1k
-0.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
10.1 /1k
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
9.6 /1k
Live births
5,510
7,851
Deaths
7,276
7,446
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.5%
53.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.27
1.67
Population density (persons per km²)
299 /km²
116 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
693,368
710,953
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
7.1%
26.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.9 yrs
78.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
6.1%
20.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
537 /100k
616 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,339 /100k
1,695 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
268 /100k
265 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.0 /100k
10.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
95.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
286 /100k
225 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /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)
90 m
194 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
10 days/yr
18 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
96 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr