NUTS-3 PL22C · Poland
Population
383,4072025
GDP
€9,626M2023
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
940.3 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL22C · PL841
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Tyski (Opportunity 53). Runner-up: Białostocki (42). Contrarian pick: Białostocki — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 92).
#1Tyski
Strengths
Industrial base (85) · Cost advantage (82)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Resilience (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Tyski
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Resilience (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Resilience (EU pctl 13) — Białostocki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Tyski 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
52.6
42.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
12.5
30.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.4
42.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
14.3
35.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
50.0
17.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
56.5
47.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
65.8
61.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
6.4% 5y
4.2% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.4% 5y
2.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€25,106
€17,371
Population density
408 /km²
95 /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)
€8,698M
€7,647M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€43M
€312M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,330M
€1,531M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,454M
€1,214M
GVA — construction (F)
€555M
€553M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,840M
€2,345M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,700
€10,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
25,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€24,400
€17,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€14,344M
€3,841M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€4,197M
€446M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€36,613M
€6,485M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,047M
€1,121M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€883M
€1,784M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,086M
€7,312M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€61,487
€45,068
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,818M
€2,257M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
188,900
238,200
Self-employed persons
24,500
55,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
48,400
34,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
73.1%
73.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
9.3%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
182,000
231,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,498
38,107
Enterprise births
2,527
4,521
Enterprise deaths
3,163
4,621
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
5.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
0.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.2%
2.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
0.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
38.4%
37.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
43.1%
40.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
6.3%
9.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
25.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
8.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.1%
97.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
185,403
490,643
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
581 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,258 kt
15,441 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,471
1,122
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
21 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
384
230
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
135
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
246,921
311,543
Population aged 65+
75,691
100,793
Population aged under 15
60,795
74,878
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
43.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.7%
32.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
-0.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
1.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
2,480
3,607
Deaths
3,872
4,908
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
56.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
1.18
Population density (persons per km²)
429 /km²
95 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
323,330
453,322
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.0%
23.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.0 yrs
79.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
7.8%
21.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
611 /100k
629 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,544 /100k
1,519 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
295 /100k
252 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.4 /100k
11.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
171 /100k
86.1 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
159 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
54 /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)
277 m
136 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
100 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
3 days/yr