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NUTS-3 PL712 · Poland

Łódzki

Population

384,8552025

GDP

€6,454M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

80.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

2,209.2 km²

NUTS-3 PL714 · Poland

Sieradzki

Population

414,0092025

GDP

€6,219M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

3.5%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

80.8%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

5,668 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Łódzki (Opportunity 45). Runner-up: Sieradzki (41). Contrarian pick: Sieradzki — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 89).

#1Łódzki

Strengths

Industrial base (86) · Cost advantage (84)

Red flags

Governance (EU bottom 15%)

#2Sieradzki

Strengths

Freight intensity (89) · Industrial base (87)

Red flags

Economic base (EU bottom 15%)

Governance (EU bottom 15%)

Air quality (EU bottom 15%)

Why you might not pick Łódzki

Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 14) — Sieradzki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Sieradzki · Manufacturing → Sieradzki · Office → Łódzki · Residential → Łódzki.

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

44.5

40.6

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

31.5

30.0

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

33.4

30.1

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

15.3

2.5

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

44.0

37.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

58.0

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

63.4

56.4

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

2.6% 5y

3.1% 5y

Population

0.1% 5y

1.2% 5y

Unemployment rate

3.8% 5y

1.2% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

€16,770

€15,022

Population density

174 /km²

73 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

€5,832M

€5,619M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

€197M

€553M

GVA — industry (B–E)

€1,804M

€1,730M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

€1,698M

€1,638M

GVA — construction (F)

€439M

€329M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

€1,739M

€1,277M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€12,000

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

23,800 PPS

21,600 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

€16,100

€14,600

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€7,147M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€1,531M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€16,889M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

€850M

€756M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

€802M

€974M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

€5,386M

€5,190M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

€49,586

€44,458

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

€1,191M

€1,148M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

161,900

174,000

Self-employed persons

29,500

46,300

Employment in manufacturing (C)

42,300

44,000

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

76.6%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

13.1%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

3.5%

3.4%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

190,100

204,600

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

28,620

25,205

Enterprise births

2,824

2,551

Enterprise deaths

3,551

3,034

3-year enterprise survival rate

5.4%

5.7%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

1.0%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

4.8%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

0.8%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

37.7%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

41.8%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

10.1%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

26.4%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

9.6%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

94.0%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

290,464

436,414

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

632 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

14,723 kt

21,721 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

15 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

245,499

264,198

Population aged 65+

84,099

90,600

Population aged under 15

55,257

59,211

Median age of population

45.0 yrs

44.6 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

34.3%

Crude rate of total population change

-0.6 /1k

-6.6 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

5.8 /1k

-1.1 /1k

Crude birth rate

5.8 /1k

6.6 /1k

Crude death rate

12.2 /1k

12.1 /1k

Live births

2,252

2,761

Deaths

4,710

5,038

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

56.8%

56.7%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.07

1.20

Population density (persons per km²)

175 /km²

74 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

287,068

261,818

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

16.8%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

77.5 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

14.9%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

551 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

1,585 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

267 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.5 /100k

1.0 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

3.4 /100k

5.3 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

136 /100k

80.9 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

223 /100k

145 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

61 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.52

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.69

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.35

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

0.67

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

0.54

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.113/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.064/kWh

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

205 m

153 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

7 days/yr

11 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

86 days/yr

81 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

2 days/yr