NUTS-3 PL923 · Poland
Population
301,6822025
GDP
€9,753M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
3,340.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PL923 · DK021
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Østsjælland (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Płocki (49). Contrarian pick: Płocki — leads the set on Industrial base (EU pctl 99).
#2Płocki
Strengths
Industrial base (99) · Freight intensity (86)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Østsjælland
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 28) — Płocki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Płocki · Manufacturing → Płocki · Office → Østsjælland · Residential → Østsjælland.
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
48.8
54.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
9.5
72.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
36.3
51.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
24.3
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
29.0
61.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
16.5
59.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
67.0
48.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
5.6% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
1.4% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.5% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€32,328
€43,177
Population density
90 /km²
320 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,812M
€10,056M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€459M
€52M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,849M
€1,369M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,621M
€1,203M
GVA — construction (F)
€655M
€615M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,350M
€2,136M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,200
€27,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
46,500 PPS
33,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€31,500
€43,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,741M
€8,735M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,241M
€1,639M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,664M
€19,975M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€1,284M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€200M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€641M
€2,799M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€858M
€3,085M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,215M
€10,726M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€90,882
€103,188
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,448M
€2,543M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
132,300
113,680
Self-employed persons
30,500
6,860
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,500
8,340
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.1%
80.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.2%
13.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
5.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
147,300
139,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,449
17,869
Enterprise births
1,961
1,234
Enterprise deaths
2,588
1,689
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
3.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.8%
5.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.2%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
35.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.7%
35.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.2%
29.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.8%
22.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.1%
9.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.7%
97.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
175,802
439,412
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
502 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
19
1,330
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,199 kt
7,980 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
6
506
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
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40 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
37
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)
194,343
163,544
Population aged 65+
64,761
54,981
Population aged under 15
42,578
44,295
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
44.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.3%
33.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.4 /1k
11.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.6 /1k
11.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
9.4 /1k
Live births
2,026
2,376
Deaths
3,786
2,452
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.2%
60.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.19
1.69
Population density (persons per km²)
92 /km²
330 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
185,059
226,875
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.4%
14.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.7 yrs
81.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
9.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
413 /100k
220 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,650 /100k
1,062 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
274 /100k
267 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.2 /100k
20.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
333 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
153 /100k
2,375 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
92 /M
27 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
2.10
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
2.02
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
2.00
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
2.30
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.84
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.122/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.043/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
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4,396 kDKK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
127 m
39 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
59 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr