NUTS-3 PL636 · Poland
Population
309,6532025
GDP
€4,750M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
2.7%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,256.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL636 · PL616
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Słupski (Opportunity 37). Runner-up: Grudziądzki (36). Contrarian pick: Grudziądzki — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 91).
#1Słupski
Strengths
Industrial base (93) · Cost advantage (90)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Industrial base (83)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Air quality (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Słupski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 13) — Grudziądzki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Słupski 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
36.8
36.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
19.5
26.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
44.1
30.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
40.7
11.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
20.7
16.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.0
33.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
61.0
56.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.2% 5y
4.0% 5y
Population
1.2% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
8.9% 5y
1.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€15,341
€14,678
Population density
59 /km²
88 /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)
€4,292M
€4,723M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€243M
€355M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,629M
€1,477M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,463M
€1,301M
GVA — construction (F)
€273M
€342M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€772M
€1,254M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€11,000
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,800 PPS
21,200 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,800
€14,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
€5,384M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,560M
€1,236M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,730M
€12,111M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€512M
€492M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€863M
€803M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,082M
€4,552M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€43,426
€42,169
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,019M
€1,045M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
134,800
152,200
Self-employed persons
26,600
40,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,200
37,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.5%
75.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
7.3%
15.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
4.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
151,900
173,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,841
18,972
Enterprise births
2,228
2,098
Enterprise deaths
2,922
2,545
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.7%
3.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
31.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
48.8%
32.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.1%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
32.0%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.7%
7.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.7%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,986,551
313,657
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
600 /1k
613 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,992 kt
16,478 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
55
36
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
4 km/1000km²
9 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
18
10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
77
129
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
197,424
229,632
Population aged 65+
65,316
73,105
Population aged under 15
46,913
53,339
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
43.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
31.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.2 /1k
-7.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.1 /1k
-2.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
11.2 /1k
Live births
2,111
2,314
Deaths
3,451
4,006
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.8%
55.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
1.13
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
90 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
237,977
253,105
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.8%
21.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.7 yrs
78.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.5%
19.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
470 /100k
959 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,427 /100k
1,562 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
290 /100k
294 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.9 /100k
15.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
187 /100k
162 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
281 /100k
201 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
65 /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)
108 m
104 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
86 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
1 days/yr