NUTS-3 PL633 · Poland
Population
743,6812025
GDP
€23,224M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
418.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL633 · PL22A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Katowicki (Opportunity 57). Runner-up: Trójmiejski (56). Contrarian pick: Trójmiejski — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 93).
Strengths
Cost advantage (82) · Energy cost (79)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (93) · Cost advantage (90)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Katowicki
Governance (EU bottom 15%); Air quality (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Air quality (EU pctl 0) — Trójmiejski may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Katowicki 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
55.9
56.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
23.8
19.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
49.2
42.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
27.3
0.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
52.7
54.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.0
56.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
70.2
62.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
6.5% 5y
4.3% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
1.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.3% 5y
5.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€31,229
€28,834
Population density
1,776 /km²
1,769 /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)
€20,985M
€17,526M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€14M
€8M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,102M
€3,540M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,159M
€1,966M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,411M
€1,055M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€7,059M
€5,187M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
€12,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,500 PPS
41,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,100
€27,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
€14,344M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,730M
€36,613M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,263M
€4,663M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,135M
€3,073M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,955M
€16,293M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€58,994
€56,125
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,980M
€3,662M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
485,100
417,000
Self-employed persons
88,900
57,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
53,300
46,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
9.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
365,700
318,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
83,371
51,916
Enterprise births
11,365
5,835
Enterprise deaths
10,041
5,784
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.7%
5.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
38.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
43.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.1%
6.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.0%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.7%
96.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
4,846,119
949,828
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
600 /1k
602 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
42,496 kt
18,917 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,196
2,057
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
4 km/1000km²
21 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
295
306
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
8
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
475,285
431,528
Population aged 65+
166,711
151,746
Population aged under 15
101,685
89,398
Median age of population
43.1 yrs
44.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
35.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
-6.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
13.3 /1k
Live births
5,457
4,219
Deaths
7,987
8,968
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.5%
55.9%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.99
1.02
Population density (persons per km²)
1,855 /km²
1,785 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
627,946
436,835
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.8%
10.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.7 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.5%
7.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
470 /100k
611 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,427 /100k
1,544 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
290 /100k
295 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.9 /100k
15.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
302 /100k
241 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
482 /100k
363 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /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)
144 m
290 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
84 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr