NUTS-3 PL623 · Poland
Ełcki
Ełcki generates €3.0bn of GDP across 254.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 27/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (59th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (6th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard3 → 5 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
Energy cost79
Demographic outlook75
Freight intensity67
Industrial base57
Growth momentum53
Air quality45
Resilience34
Quality of life33
Labour market29
Digital readiness23
Talent & skills22
Connectivity14
Governance14
Economic base4
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)
27
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53.2
Livability32.8
Market access7
Economic scale15
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)
33.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability16
Labour stability22
Diversification95
Demographic stability1
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)
14
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density31
Airport access4
Market access7
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)
44.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511.9 µg/m³
PM1018 µg/m³
NO25.8 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)
32.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy6
Jobs54
Education28.5
Health10.5
Safety59
Connectivity27
Environment44.7
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
53.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.9%
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: Public · health · education · 22.9%Diversified · HHI 1881
Agriculture 10.7%Industry 22.7%Construction 7.9%Trade · transport · ICT 21.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.4%Public · health · education 22.9%
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)
€3,000M2023
8.3% 1y 6.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,618M2025
3.9% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Population
254,0712025
0.8% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
24.4% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
99,8002023
0.9% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 44
Productivity / employee
€36,9022025
8.2% 1y 10.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Gross value added
€2,710M2023
9.7% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,710M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€290M
2023 · EU pctl 73
GVA — industry (B–E)
€616M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€508M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — construction (F)
€215M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€577M
2023 · EU pctl 19
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)
17,000 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 4
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,500
2023 · EU pctl 3
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)
€390M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€622M
2023 · EU pctl 15
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,618M
2025 · EU pctl 16
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€36,902
2025 · EU pctl 6
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€689M
2025 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
99,800
2023 · EU pctl 44
Self-employed persons
20,900
2023 · EU pctl 59
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,400
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
118,900
2025 · EU pctl 49
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,323
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise births
1,423
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise deaths
1,961
2023 · EU pctl 68
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 78
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)
962,816
2024 · EU pctl 52
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
597 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
9,206 kt
2025 · EU pctl 60
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
463
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
182
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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.
147
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
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)
164,238
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged 65+
52,886
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged under 15
36,947
2025 · EU pctl 52
Median age of population
43.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
-7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
1,639
2024 · EU pctl 45
Deaths
2,887
2024 · EU pctl 48
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
44 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 14
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
180,417
2100 · EU pctl 41
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
160 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
162 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
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)
146 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 73
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).
60
2024 · EU pctl 76
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
29.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 51
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.1%
2021 · EU pctl 23
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