NUTS-3 PL617 · Poland
Population
330,0952025
GDP
€4,586M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
4,002.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PL617 · HR065
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zagrebačka županija (Opportunity 48). Runner-up: Inowrocławski (34). Contrarian pick: Inowrocławski — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Growth momentum (86)
Red flags
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (99) · Cost advantage (91)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Zagrebačka županija
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 2) — Inowrocławski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Inowrocławski · Manufacturing → Inowrocławski · Office → Zagrebačka županija · Residential → Zagrebačka županija.
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
33.9
47.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
29.5
48.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
29.9
36.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
23.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
17.3
42.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
33.5
14.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.6
85.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.4% 5y
8.0% 5y
Population
1.6% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.0% 5y
9.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€13,894
€19,441
Population density
82 /km²
101 /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)
€4,144M
€4,997M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€345M
€343M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,211M
€948M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,080M
€830M
GVA — construction (F)
€355M
€637M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,017M
€1,732M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
€10,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,000 PPS
27,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,500
€19,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,384M
€3,296M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,236M
€1,033M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,111M
€6,092M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€310M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€102M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€462M
€649M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€754M
€687M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,995M
€4,767M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€41,970
€43,552
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€917M
€1,524M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
134,200
147,580
Self-employed persons
33,800
13,520
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,000
26,840
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.2%
72.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.8%
12.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
160,800
145,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,457
16,743
Enterprise births
2,005
2,047
Enterprise deaths
2,587
776
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.4%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.9%
22.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.3%
32.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
4.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
17.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.0%
6.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.0%
87.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
960,988
299,077
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
613 /1k
500 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
28,669 kt
8,040 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
22
349
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
9 km/1000km²
31 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
113
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
97
37
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)
212,547
198,280
Population aged 65+
70,461
67,461
Population aged under 15
47,087
44,223
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.2%
34.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.1 /1k
12.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.1 /1k
15.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
11.9 /1k
11.7 /1k
Live births
1,946
2,652
Deaths
3,938
3,603
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
56.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
1.52
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
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Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
208,925
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.4%
17.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.2 yrs
78.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.3%
16.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
959 /100k
465 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,562 /100k
1,622 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
294 /100k
305 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.4 /100k
9.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
188 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
245 /100k
176 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
65 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.72
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.30
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.43
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.11
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.73
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.126/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.048/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
100 m
738 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
99 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
12 days/yr