NUTS-3 PL228 · Poland
Bytomski
Export region data (CSV)Bytomski generates €5.8bn of GDP across 398.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 43.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +6.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (76th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
43.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58.8
Livability39.6
Market access40
Economic scale36
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)
29.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability16
Labour stability25
Diversification74
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)
54.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
Airport access85
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
39.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy14.5
Jobs67.5
Education46
Health12
Safety76
Connectivity49.5
Environment12
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
58.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.4 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 25.4%Diversified · HHI 2117
Agriculture 1.1%Industry 25%Construction 10.6%Trade · transport · ICT 25.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.3%Public · health · education 21.6%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,263M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€57M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,314M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,038M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — construction (F)
€556M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,337M
2023 · EU pctl 47
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)
21,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 11
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,300
2023 · EU pctl 8
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)
€860M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,139M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
149,000
2023 · EU pctl 62
Self-employed persons
21,600
2023 · EU pctl 60
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,900
2023 · EU pctl 64
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,044
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise births
2,559
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise deaths
3,115
2023 · EU pctl 78
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 79
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 6
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
2 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 4
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
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)
319,579
2024 · EU pctl 20
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.
1,126
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
283
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
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)
256,456
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged 65+
86,109
2025 · EU pctl 68
Population aged under 15
55,693
2025 · EU pctl 70
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 36
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of total population change
-6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Live births
2,389
2024 · EU pctl 61
Deaths
5,013
2024 · EU pctl 74
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.3%
2025 · EU pctl 23
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.06
2024 · EU pctl 5
Population density (persons per km²)
256 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 71
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
10.0%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
613 /100k
2023 · 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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
144 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
234 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
289 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 50
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
83 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 88
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