NUTS-3 PL428 · Poland
Szczeciński
Export region data (CSV)Szczeciński generates €7.4bn of GDP across 485.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (91th EU percentile) and weakest for health (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth64
Livability44.7
Market access28
Economic scale47
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
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability11
Labour stability14
Diversification79
Demographic stability12
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)
46
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density29
Airport access81
Market access28
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
44.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy12.5
Jobs66
Education40.5
Health12
Safety49
Connectivity42
Environment91
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
64
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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: Industry · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 2081
Agriculture 4.9%Industry 27.1%Construction 8.9%Trade · transport · ICT 26.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.3%Public · health · education 18.2%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,706M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€327M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,820M
2023 · EU pctl 54
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,396M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — construction (F)
€596M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,780M
2023 · EU pctl 58
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)
21,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 13
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,700
2023 · EU pctl 10
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)
€960M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,223M
2023 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
207,400
2023 · EU pctl 74
Self-employed persons
38,700
2023 · EU pctl 79
Employment in manufacturing (C)
45,700
2023 · EU pctl 85
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
34,617
2023 · EU pctl 76
Enterprise births
3,684
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise deaths
5,058
2023 · EU pctl 89
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 72
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
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)
5,786,709
2024 · EU pctl 89
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.
648
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
133
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
313,673
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
103,355
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged under 15
68,746
2025 · EU pctl 76
Median age of population
44.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 29
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of total population change
-2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Live births
2,945
2024 · EU pctl 70
Deaths
5,588
2024 · EU pctl 79
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.9%
2025 · EU pctl 21
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
2024 · EU pctl 8
Population density (persons per km²)
67 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 26
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
77.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
1,271 /100k
2023 · 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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
117 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
225 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
62 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
54 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 28
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
70 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 63
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 9
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
61
2024 · EU pctl 79
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