NUTS-3 PL722 · Poland
Population
427,8942025
GDP
€6,191M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
6,673.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
PL722 · RO222
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski (Opportunity 41). Runner-up: Buzău (27). Contrarian pick: Buzău — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Freight intensity (97) · Cost advantage (91)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
#2Buzău
Strengths
Cost advantage (97) · Freight intensity (71)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Talent & skills (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 10) — Buzău may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Sandomiersko-jędrzejowski 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
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
41.1
27.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
20.8
39.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
30.1
15.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
28.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
27.3
25.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
32.5
13.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
58.4
40.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.5% 5y
0.5% 5y
Population
1.8% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.0% 5y
8.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€14,469
€12,080
Population density
64 /km²
65 /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)
€5,594M
€4,330M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€468M
€258M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,873M
€1,051M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,165M
€837M
GVA — construction (F)
€371M
€295M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,241M
€1,017M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€10,700
€7,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
20,800 PPS
20,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,100
€12,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€2,787M
€6,740M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€630M
€569M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€6,275M
€11,406M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€602M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€26M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€614M
€886M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,027M
€824M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,379M
€3,086M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€41,895
€33,679
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,186M
€1,102M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
187,000
157,930
Self-employed persons
60,800
45,060
Employment in manufacturing (C)
29,500
32,080
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
74.4%
63.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
16.2%
31.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
11.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
200,800
157,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,789
16,603
Enterprise births
2,313
1,642
Enterprise deaths
2,740
1,134
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
6.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.6%
0.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.0%
0.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.3%
0.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
37.0%
14.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
37.5%
16.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
3.9%
9.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.8%
13.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
7.4%
6.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
91.5%
93.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,076,165
215,902
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
602 /1k
415 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
31,333 kt
15,162 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
37
876
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
5 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
9
222
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
71
94
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
269,335
247,970
Population aged 65+
102,442
92,591
Population aged under 15
56,117
54,956
Median age of population
45.9 yrs
47.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
37.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-10.6 /1k
-7.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.2 /1k
1.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.7 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
15.5 /1k
Live births
2,431
2,602
Deaths
5,620
6,170
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.9%
59.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.05
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
65 /km²
66 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
241,674
204,980
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.6%
38.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
78.2 yrs
75.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.9%
25.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
878 /100k
638 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,524 /100k
1,908 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
263 /100k
233 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
0.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.0 /100k
5.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
71.0 /100k
91.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
73.3 /100k
128 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
59 /M
94 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
0.20
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
0.39
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
0.44
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
0.07
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
0.55
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
€0.155/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.051/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
253 m
292 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
9 days/yr
21 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
88 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr