NUTS-3 PL426 · Poland
Koszaliński
Koszaliński generates €5.5bn of GDP across 330.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (66th EU percentile) and weakest for health (12th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard11 → 14 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)
Cost advantage88
Energy cost79
Growth momentum63
Digital readiness55
Demographic outlook54
Industrial base48
Talent & skills46
Freight intensity43
Air quality41
Labour market39
Quality of life39
Resilience28
Economic base18
Governance14
Connectivity14
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)
36.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.4
Livability38.8
Market access10
Economic scale34
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability11
Labour stability14
Diversification81
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)
13.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density19
Airport access12
Market access10
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)
46
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary48
Lifelong learning14
Knowledge workers66
Scientists & engineers56
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)
41
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511.1 µg/m³
PM1016.3 µg/m³
NO29.9 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)
38.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15
Jobs66
Education40.5
Health12
Safety59.3
Connectivity37
Environment41.7
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
63.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.5 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 · 26.1%Diversified · HHI 2067
Agriculture 3.8%Industry 24.2%Construction 9.5%Trade · transport · ICT 26.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.1%Public · health · education 22.3%
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)
€5,519M2023
14.2% 1y 7.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,734M2025
3.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
Population
330,1492025
0.4% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Unemployment rate
2.8%2025
12.5% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Employment
154,4002023
0.7% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Productivity / employee
€44,4152025
8.2% 1y 10.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Gross value added
€4,987M2023
15.7% 1y 8.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,987M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€188M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,206M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€834M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — construction (F)
€476M
2023 · EU pctl 51
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,301M
2023 · EU pctl 45
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,200
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 18
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,100
2023 · EU pctl 13
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,453M
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€756M
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€9,982M
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€705M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,110M
2023 · EU pctl 36
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,734M
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,415
2025 · EU pctl 14
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,323M
2025 · EU pctl 36
Labour market
Employment, total persons
154,400
2023 · EU pctl 64
Self-employed persons
28,100
2023 · EU pctl 68
Employment in manufacturing (C)
28,800
2023 · EU pctl 70
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.3%
2025 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
10.5%
2018 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 6
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
154,700
2025 · EU pctl 62
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,056
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise births
2,937
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise deaths
4,161
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
38.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.0%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.9%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.8%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
9,183,491
2024 · EU pctl 94
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
599 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 51 · 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.
47
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,500 kt
2025 · EU pctl 57
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
1 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
107
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
209,323
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged 65+
76,093
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged under 15
44,733
2025 · EU pctl 62
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 49
Crude rate of total population change
-4.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
1,958
2024 · EU pctl 52
Deaths
3,976
2024 · EU pctl 64
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.7%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
2024 · EU pctl 6
Population density (persons per km²)
77 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 31
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
228,839
2100 · EU pctl 53
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
1,257 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,526 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
288 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
167 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
62 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · 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)
36 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
57 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 63
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 32
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)
26.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 47
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.4%
2021 · EU pctl 54
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