NUTS-3 PL621 · Poland
Elbląski
Elbląski generates €6.5bn of GDP across 472.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36.9/100 sits in the lower tier 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 5.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (60.3th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (8th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard7 → 8 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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 advantage92
Industrial base88
Energy cost79
Freight intensity72
Growth momentum55
Demographic outlook51
Quality of life31
Labour market29
Air quality28
Resilience28
Digital readiness23
Talent & skills22
Connectivity19
Governance14
Economic base8
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)
36.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55
Livability30.7
Market access20
Economic scale42
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)
27.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability22
Labour stability22
Diversification64
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)
19.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density27
Airport access11
Market access20
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)
21.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary26
Lifelong learning7
Knowledge workers29
Scientists & engineers25
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)
28
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.515.7 µg/m³
PM1020.5 µg/m³
NO210.8 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)
30.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy8
Jobs54
Education28.5
Health10.5
Safety60.3
Connectivity25
Environment28.3
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
55
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.3 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 · 33%Diversified · HHI 2167
Agriculture 6.9%Industry 33%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 20.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.9%Public · health · education 19.6%
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)
€6,533M2023
13.0% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,701M2025
3.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 43
Population
472,6722025
0.7% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Unemployment rate
3.3%2025
17.5% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
Employment
206,3002023
0.2% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Productivity / employee
€38,8862025
8.2% 1y 10.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Gross value added
€5,903M2023
14.4% 1y 7.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,903M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€405M
2023 · EU pctl 82
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,951M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,761M
2023 · EU pctl 62
GVA — construction (F)
€405M
2023 · EU pctl 45
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,222M
2023 · EU pctl 43
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,600
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
19,900 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 8
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,500
2023 · EU pctl 7
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,635M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€684M
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€7,205M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€761M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,160M
2023 · EU pctl 38
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,701M
2025 · EU pctl 43
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€38,886
2025 · EU pctl 8
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,500M
2025 · EU pctl 41
Labour market
Employment, total persons
206,300
2023 · EU pctl 74
Self-employed persons
38,300
2023 · EU pctl 79
Employment in manufacturing (C)
53,500
2023 · EU pctl 89
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
71.9%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
17.5%
2018 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.3%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
220,300
2025 · EU pctl 74
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,699
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise births
2,906
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise deaths
3,647
2023 · EU pctl 81
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 80
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.0%
2024 · EU pctl 7 · 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
31.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
33.5%
2025 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
20.0%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.4%
2025 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
689,258
2024 · EU pctl 41
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
597 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,375 kt
2025 · EU pctl 85
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
423
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
90
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
0 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 0 · 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)
304,142
2025 · EU pctl 76
Population aged 65+
100,187
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged under 15
68,343
2025 · EU pctl 75
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of total population change
-7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
3,012
2024 · EU pctl 70
Deaths
5,377
2024 · EU pctl 77
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
2024 · EU pctl 13
Population density (persons per km²)
67 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 26
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
307,481
2100 · EU pctl 66
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
584 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,595 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
255 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
226 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
216 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
63 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 82 · 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)
107 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
87 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 80
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
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 82
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 40
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 58
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
63.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.3%
2021 · EU pctl 63
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