NUTS-3 PL225 · Poland
Bielski
Bielski generates €12bn of GDP across 638k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 52.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (80th EU percentile) and weakest for health (12th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard15 → 18 EU percentile since 1995 (+3 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 base90
Cost advantage82
Energy cost79
Demographic outlook69
Growth momentum62
Digital readiness61
Talent & skills57
Freight intensity42
Quality of life41
Labour market37
Connectivity33
Economic base30
Resilience22
Air quality15
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)
52.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.4
Livability40.9
Market access40
Economic scale68
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)
22.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability20
Labour stability25
Diversification30
Demographic stability14
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)
33.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density22
Airport access38
Market access40
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
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.519.2 µg/m³
PM1022 µg/m³
NO215.5 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)
40.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy24
Jobs67.5
Education46
Health12
Safety80
Connectivity41.5
Environment15
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
62.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.7%
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 · 34.8%Diversified · HHI 2382
Agriculture 1%Industry 34.8%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 24.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.3%Public · health · education 15.8%
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)
€12,361M2023
14.3% 1y 6.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,384M2025
3.9% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Population
638,0222025
0.5% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Unemployment rate
2.6%2025
8.3% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
297,8002023
0.2% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Productivity / employee
€50,0842025
8.2% 1y 9.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Gross value added
€11,169M2023
15.7% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,169M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€109M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,886M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,536M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — construction (F)
€862M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,725M
2023 · EU pctl 73
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)
27,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 30
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,700
2023 · EU pctl 17
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)
€1,823M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,764M
2023 · EU pctl 56
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,384M
2025 · EU pctl 67
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,084
2025 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,334M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour market
Employment, total persons
297,800
2023 · EU pctl 86
Self-employed persons
42,400
2023 · EU pctl 82
Employment in manufacturing (C)
86,000
2023 · EU pctl 97
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)
299,500
2025 · EU pctl 84
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
50,189
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise births
4,955
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise deaths
6,226
2023 · EU pctl 92
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 68
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)
3,196,024
2024 · EU pctl 78
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.
136
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,139 kt
2025 · EU pctl 81
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
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.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
406,467
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged 65+
134,479
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged under 15
97,076
2025 · EU pctl 86
Median age of population
43.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 25
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27
Crude rate of total population change
-4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Live births
4,111
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
7,320
2024 · EU pctl 88
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.0%
2025 · EU pctl 34
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
2024 · EU pctl 12
Population density (persons per km²)
277 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 73
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
542,016
2100 · EU pctl 83
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
122 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
224 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
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)
425 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
98 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
22
2024 · EU pctl 86
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 70
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 75
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
52.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 72
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.4%
2021 · EU pctl 29
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