NUTS-3 PL22A · Poland
Katowicki
Export region data (CSV)Katowicki generates €19bn of GDP across 672.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +8.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (71.7th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (0.3th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62.4
Livability42
Market access43
Economic scale80
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)
19.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability14
Labour stability25
Diversification36
Demographic stability2
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)
53.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
Airport access79
Market access43
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)
0.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.520.6 µg/m³
PM1030.6 µg/m³
NO235.4 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)
42
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy47
Jobs67.5
Education46
Health12
Safety71.7
Connectivity49.5
Environment0.3
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
+8.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.6%
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 · 29.6%Diversified · HHI 2335
Industry 20.2%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 29.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.6%Public · health · education 17.5%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€17,526M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€8M
2023 · EU pctl 5
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,540M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,966M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — construction (F)
€1,055M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,187M
2023 · EU pctl 87
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)
41,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 76
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,900
2023 · EU pctl 33
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)
€4,663M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,073M
2023 · EU pctl 75
Labour market
Employment, total persons
417,000
2023 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
57,000
2023 · EU pctl 90
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,300
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
51,916
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise births
5,835
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise deaths
5,784
2023 · EU pctl 91
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 77
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
2012 · EU pctl 28
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
7 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 17
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)
949,828
2024 · EU pctl 52
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.
1,854
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
276
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
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.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
431,528
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
151,746
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
89,398
2025 · EU pctl 84
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 34
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.2%
2025 · EU pctl 41
Crude rate of total population change
-6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude death rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Live births
4,219
2024 · EU pctl 80
Deaths
8,968
2024 · EU pctl 93
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.02
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
1,785 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 95
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
241 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
363 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
290 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
84 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 76
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
31
2024 · EU pctl 99
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
35
2024 · EU pctl 100
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
49
2024 · EU pctl 23
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