NUTS-3 PL218 · Poland
Population
510,7462025
GDP
€6,603M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,528.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL218 · PL634
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Gdański (Opportunity 50). Runner-up: Nowosądecki (44). Contrarian pick: Nowosądecki — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 91).
#1Gdański
Strengths
Cost advantage (90) · Demographic outlook (89)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Demographic outlook (90)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Gdański
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 7) — Nowosądecki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Gdański 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
44.1
49.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
32.5
55.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.4
45.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
61.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
24.0
43.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.3
72.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.8
81.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
3.9% 5y
Population
0.9% 5y
1.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.8% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€12,929
€13,314
Population density
145 /km²
148 /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)
€5,967M
€7,640M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€128M
€270M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,340M
€1,983M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,185M
€1,718M
GVA — construction (F)
€826M
€888M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,521M
€2,118M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
€11,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,700 PPS
19,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,700
€13,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,024M
€8,238M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,652M
€1,560M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€26,117M
€17,730M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€878M
€1,124M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,274M
€1,256M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,675M
€7,265M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€40,247
€43,850
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,280M
€1,813M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
201,200
237,600
Self-employed persons
52,700
52,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
36,300
43,100
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
76.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
243,100
321,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
34,308
51,364
Enterprise births
3,656
6,420
Enterprise deaths
4,065
7,105
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.5%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.7%
2.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.0%
6.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.2%
43.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.1%
48.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
9.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.4%
32.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
11.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.0%
95.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,529,427
3,214,647
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
588 /1k
600 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,887 kt
21,655 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
492
1,100
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
10 km/1000km²
4 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
96
173
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
95
24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
330,372
418,302
Population aged 65+
88,691
96,195
Population aged under 15
91,683
120,537
Median age of population
40.3 yrs
39.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.8%
23.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.5 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.8 /1k
8.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
8.8 /1k
Live births
4,326
5,731
Deaths
4,686
5,576
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
51.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
1.40
Population density (persons per km²)
146 /km²
150 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
494,609
716,376
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.9%
16.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.6 yrs
78.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
13.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
470 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,376 /100k
1,427 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
278 /100k
290 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.3 /100k
6.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
57.4 /100k
128 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
99.8 /100k
193 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
50 /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)
508 m
174 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
103 days/yr
87 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
2 days/yr