NUTS-3 PL21A · Poland
Population
512,7322025
GDP
€7,820M2023
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
2,044 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL21A · PL621
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Oświęcimski (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Elbląski (37). Contrarian pick: Elbląski — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 92).
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Industrial base (88)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
#2Elbląski
Strengths
Cost advantage (92) · Industrial base (88)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Oświęcimski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 13) — Elbląski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Oświęcimski 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
47.3
36.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
16.5
27.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.3
30.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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28.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
49.3
19.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
74.3
21.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.8
55.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.7% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
1.2% 5y
1.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.1% 5y
1.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€15,252
€13,822
Population density
251 /km²
64 /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)
€7,066M
€5,903M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€78M
€405M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,755M
€1,951M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,112M
€1,761M
GVA — construction (F)
€511M
€405M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,538M
€1,222M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
€10,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,900 PPS
19,900 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,800
€13,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,024M
€3,635M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,652M
€684M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€26,117M
€7,205M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€979M
€761M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,206M
€1,160M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,721M
€5,701M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,460
€38,886
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,516M
€1,500M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
197,900
206,300
Self-employed persons
33,900
38,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
54,300
53,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
71.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
11.3%
17.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
3.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
240,400
220,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
32,463
26,699
Enterprise births
3,286
2,906
Enterprise deaths
3,842
3,647
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.7%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.0%
2.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.7%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.2%
31.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.1%
33.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.9%
5.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.4%
20.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.4%
6.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.0%
93.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
549,862
689,258
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
588 /1k
597 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,945 kt
18,375 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
562
423
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).
110
90
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
110
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
326,629
304,142
Population aged 65+
111,531
100,187
Population aged under 15
74,572
68,343
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
44.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
32.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
-7.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.5 /1k
-2.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
11.3 /1k
Live births
3,340
3,012
Deaths
5,977
5,377
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
55.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
258 /km²
67 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
359,967
307,481
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.9%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.6 yrs
77.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.7%
18.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
617 /100k
584 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,376 /100k
1,595 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
278 /100k
255 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.8 /100k
8.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
113 /100k
226 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
118 /100k
216 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
35 /M
63 /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)
327 m
107 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
87 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr