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
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL617 · PL922
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ciechanowski (Opportunity 40). Runner-up: Inowrocławski (34). Contrarian pick: Inowrocławski — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Freight intensity (95) · Industrial base (89)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (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 Ciechanowski
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 11) — Inowrocławski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Ciechanowski 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
33.9
40.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
29.5
34.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
29.9
28.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
23.7
11.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
17.3
36.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
33.5
16.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
54.6
66.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.4% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
1.6% 5y
1.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.0% 5y
2.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€13,894
€16,496
Population density
82 /km²
60 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,144M
€4,738M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€345M
€736M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,211M
€1,523M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,080M
€1,430M
GVA — construction (F)
€355M
€306M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,017M
€918M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,900
€12,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,000 PPS
23,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,500
€15,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€5,384M
€8,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,236M
€3,241M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,111M
€12,664M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€462M
€518M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€754M
€737M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,995M
€4,417M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€41,970
€50,503
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€917M
€1,316M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
134,200
128,000
Self-employed persons
33,800
38,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,000
24,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.2%
75.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.8%
14.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.0%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
160,800
155,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,457
17,617
Enterprise births
2,005
1,836
Enterprise deaths
2,587
2,278
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.8%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.4%
1.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
0.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.9%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
32.3%
36.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
10.1%
4.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
21.6%
17.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.0%
5.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.0%
97.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
960,988
124,117
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
613 /1k
665 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
28,669 kt
20,044 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
22
24
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
8
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
9 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
97
44
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
212,547
204,679
Population aged 65+
70,461
65,057
Population aged under 15
47,087
48,123
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
43.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.2%
31.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-8.1 /1k
-6.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.1 /1k
-1.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.9 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
1,946
2,391
Deaths
3,938
4,021
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
55.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
1.30
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
61 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
208,925
211,919
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.4%
16.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.2 yrs
77.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.3%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
959 /100k
413 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,562 /100k
1,650 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
294 /100k
274 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.4 /100k
5.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
157 /100k
125 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
245 /100k
170 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
65 /M
92 /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)
100 m
117 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
79 days/yr
90 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr