NUTS-3 PL515 · Poland
Jeleniogórski
Export region data (CSV)Jeleniogórski generates €8.3bn of GDP across 503.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 46.9/100 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 4.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (70th EU percentile) and weakest for health (13.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
46.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54
Livability44.6
Market access37
Economic scale52
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)
14.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability12
Labour stability19
Diversification26
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density38
Airport access21
Market access37
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)
80.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary82
Lifelong learning61
Knowledge workers90
Scientists & engineers88
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.514.4 µg/m³
PM1016.3 µg/m³
NO25.9 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)
44.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15.5
Jobs68.5
Education70
Health13.5
Safety48.3
Connectivity51
Environment45.7
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
54
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 37.9%Diversified · HHI 2419
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 37.9%Construction 8.1%Trade · transport · ICT 19.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.6%Public · health · education 18.4%
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)
€7,465M
2023 · EU pctl 52
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€173M
2023 · EU pctl 55
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,828M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,659M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€602M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,476M
2023 · EU pctl 51
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,700
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 17
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,700
2023 · EU pctl 12
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,003M
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,337M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€25,600M
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,014M
2023 · EU pctl 36
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,370M
2023 · EU pctl 45
Labour market
Employment, total persons
195,100
2023 · EU pctl 72
Self-employed persons
37,000
2023 · EU pctl 77
Employment in manufacturing (C)
41,800
2023 · EU pctl 83
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
32,539
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise births
3,564
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise deaths
4,383
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 77
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
3
2012 · EU pctl 19
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
5 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 13
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.8%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
44.2%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
50.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.2%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,152,808
2024 · EU pctl 87
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
640 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 74 · 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.
1,404
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
279
CURRENT · EU pctl 38
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
86
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
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)
319,246
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
121,393
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged under 15
63,280
2025 · EU pctl 73
Median age of population
46.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 51
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57
Crude rate of total population change
-9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude birth rate
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
12.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Live births
2,501
2024 · EU pctl 63
Deaths
6,501
2024 · EU pctl 84
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.93
2024 · EU pctl 1
Population density (persons per km²)
91 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 37
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
10.5%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.1 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
739 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,486 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
280 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
13.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
356 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
479 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
52 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
219 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
78 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
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.
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.
6
2024 · EU pctl 10
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
64
2024 · EU pctl 87
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