NUTS-3 PL517 · Poland
Population
570,9962025
GDP
€8,440M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.2%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,172.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL517 · PL22B
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Sosnowiecki (Opportunity 51). Runner-up: Wałbrzyski (45). Contrarian pick: Wałbrzyski — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 86).
Strengths
Freight intensity (85) · Cost advantage (82)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (86) · Freight intensity (85)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Sosnowiecki
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 14) — Wałbrzyski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Sosnowiecki · Manufacturing → Wałbrzyski · Office → Wałbrzyski · Residential → Wałbrzyski.
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
45.3
51.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
20.0
16.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
40.1
39.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
26.0
13.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
33.3
58.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
80.3
56.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
52.0
57.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.2% 5y
2.5% 5y
Population
2.2% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.7% 5y
3.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€14,780
€18,027
Population density
137 /km²
347 /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)
€7,626M
€10,167M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€157M
€94M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,648M
€3,355M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,141M
€2,188M
GVA — construction (F)
€502M
€827M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,535M
€2,817M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,700
€12,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,000 PPS
25,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,200
€17,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,003M
€14,344M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,337M
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€25,600M
€36,613M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,229M
€1,527M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,554M
€1,548M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,259M
€9,452M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,516
€53,097
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,590M
€2,125M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
218,400
255,700
Self-employed persons
39,000
34,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
55,800
60,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.1%
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
18.0%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
279,300
287,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,320
38,328
Enterprise births
3,643
3,992
Enterprise deaths
4,777
4,956
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.7%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.8%
5.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.2%
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
50.5%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
11.7%
6.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.4%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.9%
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.2%
96.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,861,208
491,399
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
640 /1k
602 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
27,774 kt
30,320 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
130
2,223
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
12 km/1000km²
21 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
23
356
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
357,072
389,532
Population aged 65+
144,860
157,424
Population aged under 15
69,064
77,221
Median age of population
47.1 yrs
47.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.6%
40.4%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.5 /1k
-9.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.1 /1k
-0.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.1 /1k
5.1 /1k
Crude death rate
14.5 /1k
13.7 /1k
Live births
2,937
3,178
Deaths
8,322
8,619
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
60.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.98
0.98
Population density (persons per km²)
138 /km²
352 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
337,151
347,823
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
10.5%
10.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.1 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
8.8%
7.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
729 /100k
611 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,486 /100k
1,544 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
280 /100k
295 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.5 /100k
15.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
181 /100k
188 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
258 /100k
252 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
52 /M
30 /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)
371 m
328 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
94 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
4 days/yr