NUTS-3 PL224 · Poland
Częstochowski
Częstochowski generates €8.4bn of GDP across 471.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.2/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (67.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (12th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard11 → 16 EU percentile since 1995 (+5 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)
Industrial base83
Cost advantage82
Energy cost79
Growth momentum61
Freight intensity61
Digital readiness61
Talent & skills57
Connectivity40
Quality of life38
Labour market37
Demographic outlook26
Resilience25
Economic base24
Air quality16
Governance14
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)
47.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth61.2
Livability37.5
Market access37
Economic scale53
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)
25
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability21
Labour stability25
Diversification51
Demographic stability3
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density16
Airport access68
Market access37
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)
56.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary58
Lifelong learning9
Knowledge workers80
Scientists & engineers79
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
15.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.514 µg/m³
PM1024.5 µg/m³
NO215.9 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
37.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy21
Jobs67.5
Education46
Health12
Safety61.7
Connectivity38.5
Environment15.7
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
61.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.6 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 · 29.9%Diversified · HHI 2241
Agriculture 2.4%Industry 29.9%Construction 7.9%Trade · transport · ICT 27.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.1%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)
€8,423M2023
10.1% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,076M2025
3.9% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Population
471,5932025
0.8% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Unemployment rate
2.6%2025
21.2% 1y 5.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
216,5002023
0.4% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Productivity / employee
€46,9442025
8.2% 1y 9.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Gross value added
€7,611M2023
11.5% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,611M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€185M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,275M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,077M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€602M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,093M
2023 · EU pctl 64
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€12,700
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
25,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 24
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,300
2023 · EU pctl 15
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€14,344M
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€4,197M
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€36,613M
2023 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,151M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,305M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,076M
2025 · EU pctl 52
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€46,944
2025 · EU pctl 16
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,590M
2025 · EU pctl 44
Labour market
Employment, total persons
216,500
2023 · EU pctl 75
Self-employed persons
34,600
2023 · EU pctl 75
Employment in manufacturing (C)
51,800
2023 · EU pctl 88
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
9.3%
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
219,300
2025 · EU pctl 74
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,420
2023 · EU pctl 77
Enterprise births
3,545
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise deaths
4,671
2023 · EU pctl 87
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.4%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.3%
2025 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.8%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.1%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
387,509
2024 · EU pctl 26
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
602 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 53 · 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.
52
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,756 kt
2025 · EU pctl 79
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
11
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
21 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
38
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
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)
297,566
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged 65+
113,143
2025 · EU pctl 78
Population aged under 15
60,884
2025 · EU pctl 72
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
-8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
2,632
2024 · EU pctl 66
Deaths
6,201
2024 · EU pctl 83
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.5%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
2024 · EU pctl 5
Population density (persons per km²)
156 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 57
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
283,049
2100 · EU pctl 62
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
611 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,544 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
295 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
135 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · 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)
283 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 58
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 53
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 79
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 92
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 72
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 58
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
47.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 69
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.4%
2021 · EU pctl 29
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