NUTS-3 PL219 · Poland
Population
318,4602025
GDP
€3,808M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
2,630.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PL219 · EL421
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Nowotarski (Opportunity 38). Runner-up: Κάλυμνος, Κάρπαθος – Ηρωική Νήσος Κάσος, Κως, Ρόδος (28). Contrarian pick: Κάλυμνος, Κάρπαθος – Ηρωική Νήσος Κάσος, Κως, Ρόδος — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Demographic outlook (85)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Demographic outlook (98) · Cost advantage (73)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Nowotarski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 4) — Κάλυμνος, Κάρπαθος – Ηρωική Νήσος Κάσος, Κως, Ρόδος may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Nowotarski 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
38.1
27.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
31.0
19.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.8
27.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
16.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
33.3
25.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.3
3.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
53.4
57.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.6% 5y
5.4% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.6% 5y
15.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€11,958
€19,236
Population density
121 /km²
78 /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)
€3,441M
€3,543M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€101M
€65M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€729M
€243M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€653M
€95M
GVA — construction (F)
€317M
€61M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€963M
€1,791M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
€16,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,100 PPS
22,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,600
€18,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,024M
€1,625M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,652M
€39M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€26,117M
€2,789M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€387M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€34M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€556M
€716M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€774M
€667M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,273M
€3,636M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€38,535
€37,143
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€738M
€1,044M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
121,200
119,350
Self-employed persons
30,800
33,880
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,600
3,430
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
67.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
23.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
7.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
152,000
95,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
24,181
22,206
Enterprise births
2,432
1,686
Enterprise deaths
3,143
529
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.7%
0.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.0%
—
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.2%
22.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.1%
26.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
2.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.4%
12.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
4.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.0%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,917,431
28,745,136
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
588 /1k
399 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,281 kt
4,313 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
526
1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
10 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
165
1
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
31
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)
206,576
138,497
Population aged 65+
58,966
41,951
Population aged under 15
52,918
30,639
Median age of population
41.3 yrs
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.5%
30.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
10.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.0 /1k
10.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
9.5 /1k
8.7 /1k
Live births
2,726
1,822
Deaths
3,032
1,836
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.2%
52.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
122 /km²
79 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
270,114
270,212
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.9%
27.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.6 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
18.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
263 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,376 /100k
972 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
278 /100k
213 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.6 /100k
8.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
90.3 /100k
72.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
176 /100k
329 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
132 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.56
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.42
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.49
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.32
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.24
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.143/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
676 m
297 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
74 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
129 days/yr
1 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr