NUTS-3 PL925 · Poland
Population
395,6312025
GDP
€6,514M2023
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
6,042.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
PL925 · RO126
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Siedlecki (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Sibiu (42). Contrarian pick: Sibiu — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 95).
#2Sibiu
Strengths
Cost advantage (95) · Industrial base (80)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Siedlecki
Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Governance (EU pctl 14) — Sibiu may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Siedlecki · Manufacturing → Siedlecki · Office → Sibiu · Residential → Siedlecki.
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
42.2
42.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
35.0
34.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
32.0
27.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
19.7
45.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
16.5
24.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
66.8
74.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.7% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.3% 5y
10.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€16,465
€19,766
Population density
65 /km²
73 /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)
€5,886M
€7,074M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€805M
€150M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,614M
€1,944M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,402M
€1,837M
GVA — construction (F)
€509M
€539M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,306M
€1,695M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€12,200
€9,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,700 PPS
32,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,000
€19,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,741M
€10,071M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,241M
€1,159M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,664M
€14,134M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€690M
GVA — information & communication (J)
—
€405M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€664M
€1,511M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€988M
€1,235M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,487M
€5,543M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,494
€47,437
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,635M
€2,283M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
169,100
183,200
Self-employed persons
47,400
24,130
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,300
59,340
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
75.1%
66.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.2%
24.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.2%
4.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
189,300
166,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,077
24,460
Enterprise births
2,335
3,125
Enterprise deaths
2,770
1,762
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
5.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.3%
0.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
1.8%
2.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.2%
0.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
31.8%
19.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.7%
20.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
4.2%
7.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
17.8%
18.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
5.1%
8.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.7%
97.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
430,035
951,937
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
665 /1k
433 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,673 kt
3,733 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
42
603
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
153
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
—
6 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
99
17
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
249,842
251,903
Population aged 65+
79,979
77,886
Population aged under 15
65,810
65,174
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
42.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.0%
30.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.7 /1k
3.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.9 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.2 /1k
10.8 /1k
Live births
3,348
3,254
Deaths
4,457
4,277
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.4%
56.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
66 /km²
73 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
303,269
319,797
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.4%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.7 yrs
77.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.6%
19.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
413 /100k
749 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,650 /100k
1,780 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
274 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
2.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.8 /100k
8.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
94.3 /100k
184 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
127 /100k
200 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
92 /M
72 /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)
172 m
617 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
92 days/yr
104 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr