NUTS-3 PL524 · Poland
Opolski
Opolski generates €10bn of GDP across 554.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (62th EU percentile) and weakest for health (15th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard11 → 17 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 advantage91
Energy cost79
Industrial base76
Freight intensity75
Digital readiness57
Growth momentum54
Labour market50
Talent & skills42
Demographic outlook40
Quality of life35
Connectivity27
Economic base27
Resilience24
Air quality21
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)
47.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.8
Livability34.7
Market access38
Economic scale62
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)
23.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability7
Labour stability25
Diversification53
Demographic stability10
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)
27.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density18
Airport access26
Market access38
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)
41.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary38
Lifelong learning6
Knowledge workers66
Scientists & engineers57
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)
21.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.514.8 µg/m³
PM1024.8 µg/m³
NO212.6 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)
34.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy18
Jobs62
Education31.5
Health15
Safety57
Connectivity37.5
Environment21.7
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
53.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 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 · 32.5%Diversified · HHI 2231
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 32.5%Construction 8.5%Trade · transport · ICT 22.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.9%Public · health · education 18.8%
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)
€10,443M2023
11.3% 1y 7.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,838M2025
3.9% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Population
554,8652025
0.5% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
61.9% 1y 5.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
282,6002023
0.3% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Productivity / employee
€44,7132025
8.2% 1y 10.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Gross value added
€9,436M2023
12.7% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,436M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€236M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,064M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,305M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — construction (F)
€800M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,163M
2023 · EU pctl 66
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,900
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
26,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 27
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,200
2023 · EU pctl 17
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,210M
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,188M
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€5,945M
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,404M
2023 · EU pctl 47
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,770M
2023 · EU pctl 56
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,838M
2025 · EU pctl 61
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,713
2025 · EU pctl 14
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,678M
2025 · EU pctl 67
Labour market
Employment, total persons
282,600
2023 · EU pctl 84
Self-employed persons
49,600
2023 · EU pctl 87
Employment in manufacturing (C)
71,500
2023 · EU pctl 94
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.6%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
272,900
2025 · EU pctl 82
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,475
2023 · EU pctl 77
Enterprise births
3,587
2023 · EU pctl 78
Enterprise deaths
4,229
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.8%
2019 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.2%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
5.0%
2025 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.1%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.0%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
454,028
2024 · EU pctl 30
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
658 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 81 · 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.
77
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,810 kt
2025 · EU pctl 91
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
14
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
9 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
356,670
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged 65+
121,006
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged under 15
77,189
2025 · EU pctl 79
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.9%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Crude rate of total population change
-4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
3,566
2024 · EU pctl 75
Deaths
6,526
2024 · EU pctl 84
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.6%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.12
2024 · EU pctl 11
Population density (persons per km²)
106 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 43
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
387,143
2100 · EU pctl 74
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
533 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,431 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
267 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
189 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
192 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
51 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 65 · 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)
160 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 64
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 93
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 51
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 47
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
119 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 91
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.9%
2021 · EU pctl 78
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