NUTS-3 PL432 · Poland
Zielonogórski
Zielonogórski generates €9.9bn of GDP across 585.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (73th EU percentile) and weakest for health (11th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard9 → 15 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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 advantage93
Freight intensity79
Energy cost79
Industrial base76
Growth momentum70
Digital readiness55
Demographic outlook49
Labour market47
Air quality35
Quality of life34
Talent & skills25
Connectivity23
Resilience20
Economic base19
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)
50.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth70.4
Livability34.1
Market access39
Economic scale59
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)
19.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability18
Labour stability25
Diversification30
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)
23.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density20
Airport access11
Market access39
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)
25.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary30
Lifelong learning4
Knowledge workers36
Scientists & engineers31
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)
34.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513.3 µg/m³
PM1021.3 µg/m³
NO28.6 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)
34.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy13
Jobs73
Education21
Health11
Safety48
Connectivity37.5
Environment35.3
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
70.4
/ 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
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-6.3 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 · 35.3%Diversified · HHI 2384
Agriculture 3%Industry 35.3%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 24.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.9%Public · health · education 18.1%
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)
€9,926M2023
10.6% 1y 7.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,715M2025
3.9% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Population
585,1732025
0.4% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Unemployment rate
1.3%2025
23.5% 1y 10.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 0
Employment
267,5002023
1.3% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Productivity / employee
€47,5192025
8.2% 1y 11.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 17
Gross value added
€8,969M2023
12.0% 1y 8.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,969M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€269M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,170M
2023 · EU pctl 74
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,166M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — construction (F)
€567M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,181M
2023 · EU pctl 66
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,200
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 19
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,300
2023 · EU pctl 13
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,343M
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€759M
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€6,207M
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,157M
2023 · EU pctl 41
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,624M
2023 · EU pctl 53
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,715M
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€47,519
2025 · EU pctl 17
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,486M
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
267,500
2023 · EU pctl 83
Self-employed persons
43,600
2023 · EU pctl 83
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,300
2023 · EU pctl 91
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
72.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.3%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
274,700
2025 · EU pctl 82
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
40,035
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise births
4,652
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise deaths
5,530
2023 · EU pctl 90
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 78
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.3%
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.3%
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.6%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.4%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.4%
2025 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
21.3%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
731,125
2024 · EU pctl 43
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
685 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 90 · 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.
93
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25,755 kt
2025 · EU pctl 93
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
10 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
110
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
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)
374,986
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged 65+
127,007
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged under 15
83,180
2025 · EU pctl 81
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
-4.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
11.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Live births
3,660
2024 · EU pctl 76
Deaths
6,534
2024 · EU pctl 84
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.1%
2025 · EU pctl 28
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.10
2024 · EU pctl 9
Population density (persons per km²)
75 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 30
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
398,716
2100 · EU pctl 74
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
487 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,598 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
268 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
232 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
306 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
68 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 86 · 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)
78 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
66 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 59
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 84
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 24
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 38
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
96.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.8%
2021 · EU pctl 58
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