NUTS-3 PL21A · Poland
Oświęcimski
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 66 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
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
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
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
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
560
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
109
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.9%
2025 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
79.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
615 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 76 · 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
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
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