NUTS-3 PL228 · Poland
Population
398,2582025
GDP
€5,825M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,577.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL228 · PL714
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bytomski (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Sieradzki (41). Contrarian pick: Sieradzki — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 89).
#1Bytomski
Strengths
Cost advantage (82) · Energy cost (79)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (89) · Industrial base (87)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Bytomski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 11) — Sieradzki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Sieradzki · Manufacturing → Sieradzki · Office → Bytomski · Residential → Bytomski.
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
43.7
40.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
29.5
30.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
39.9
30.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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2.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
55.3
37.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.5
58.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.8
56.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.7% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
1.5% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.2% 5y
1.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€14,626
€15,022
Population density
252 /km²
73 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 85 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,263M
€5,619M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€57M
€553M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,314M
€1,730M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,038M
€1,638M
GVA — construction (F)
€556M
€329M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,337M
€1,277M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
€12,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,100 PPS
21,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,300
€14,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
€7,147M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
€1,531M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
€16,889M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€860M
€756M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,139M
€974M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,893M
€5,190M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,172
€44,458
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,100M
€1,148M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
149,000
174,000
Self-employed persons
21,600
46,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,900
44,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
76.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
13.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
189,000
204,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,044
25,205
Enterprise births
2,559
2,551
Enterprise deaths
3,115
3,034
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
5.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.2%
4.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
37.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
41.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
26.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
9.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.1%
94.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
319,579
436,414
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
632 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,237
39
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,585 kt
21,721 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
15 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
311
9
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
46
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)
256,456
264,198
Population aged 65+
86,109
90,600
Population aged under 15
55,693
59,211
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
44.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
34.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-6.0 /1k
-6.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
-1.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
12.1 /1k
Live births
2,389
2,761
Deaths
5,013
5,038
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
56.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
1.20
Population density (persons per km²)
256 /km²
74 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
273,152
261,818
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.0%
16.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.0 yrs
77.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.8%
14.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
611 /100k
551 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,544 /100k
1,585 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
295 /100k
267 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.5 /100k
5.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
80.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
234 /100k
145 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
61 /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)
289 m
153 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
83 days/yr
81 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr