NUTS-3 PL21A · Poland
Oświęcimski
Oświęcimski generates €7.8bn of GDP across 512.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (78.7th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (9th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard11 → 11 EU percentile since 1995 (+0 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Cost advantage91
Industrial base88
Energy cost79
Digital readiness77
Talent & skills74
Freight intensity64
Growth momentum53
Demographic outlook51
Connectivity49
Quality of life44
Labour market33
Resilience17
Governance14
Economic base13
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.8
Livability44.3
Market access42
Economic scale50
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
16.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability19
Labour stability22
Diversification19
Demographic stability6
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
49.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density28
Airport access78
Market access42
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
74.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary77
Lifelong learning46
Knowledge workers89
Scientists & engineers85
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
44.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy11
Jobs64
Education77
Health18
Safety78.7
Connectivity52.5
Environment9
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
52.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.1 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 39%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2531
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 39%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 21.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.9%Public · health · education 17.1%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€7,820M2023
11.8% 1y 7.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,721M2025
3.9% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Population
512,7322025
0.6% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 77
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
3.6% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
197,9002023
1.9% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Productivity / employee
€48,4602025
8.2% 1y 11.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Gross value added
€7,066M2023
13.2% 1y 8.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,066M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€78M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,755M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,112M
2023 · EU pctl 69
GVA — construction (F)
€511M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,538M
2023 · EU pctl 53
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,900
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
21,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 13
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,800
2023 · EU pctl 10
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,024M
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,652M
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€26,117M
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€979M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,206M
2023 · EU pctl 39
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,721M
2025 · EU pctl 50
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,460
2025 · EU pctl 18
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,516M
2025 · EU pctl 41
Labour market
Employment, total persons
197,900
2023 · EU pctl 73
Self-employed persons
33,900
2023 · EU pctl 75
Employment in manufacturing (C)
54,300
2023 · EU pctl 89
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
11.3%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
240,400
2025 · EU pctl 76
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
32,463
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise births
3,286
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise deaths
3,842
2023 · EU pctl 82
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
2023 · EU pctl 75
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.0%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.2%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.1%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.9%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.4%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.0%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
549,862
2024 · EU pctl 34
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
588 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,945 kt
2025 · EU pctl 84
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
562
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
110
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
10 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
326,629
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged 65+
111,531
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged under 15
74,572
2025 · EU pctl 78
Median age of population
44.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 32
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Live births
3,340
2024 · EU pctl 74
Deaths
5,977
2024 · EU pctl 81
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
258 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 71
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
359,967
2100 · EU pctl 72
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
617 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,376 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
278 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
113 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
118 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.52
2022 · EU pctl 6
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.69
2022 · EU pctl 24
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.35
2022 · EU pctl 4
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.67
2022 · EU pctl 24
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.54
2022 · EU pctl 69
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.113/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 21
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 90
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
327 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
89 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 60
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
24
2024 · EU pctl 91
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
64.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 78
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.9%
2021 · EU pctl 59
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