NUTS-3 PL634 · Poland
Gdański
Export region data (CSV)Gdański generates €8.5bn of GDP across 635k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +8.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (77.5th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (8.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth81.6
Livability45.8
Market access18
Economic scale53
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)
55.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability19
Labour stability25
Diversification80
Demographic stability98
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)
43.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density30
Airport access82
Market access18
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary79
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers90
Scientists & engineers86
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
45.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy8.5
Jobs77
Education77.5
Health16
Safety54
Connectivity42
Environment—
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
81.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.5 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 27.7%Diversified · HHI 2077
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 26%Construction 11.6%Trade · transport · ICT 27.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.7%Public · health · education 16.4%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,640M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€270M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,983M
2023 · EU pctl 58
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,718M
2023 · EU pctl 61
GVA — construction (F)
€888M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,118M
2023 · EU pctl 65
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€11,000
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
19,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 7
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,100
2023 · EU pctl 6
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,238M
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,560M
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€17,730M
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,124M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,256M
2023 · EU pctl 41
Labour market
Employment, total persons
237,600
2023 · EU pctl 78
Self-employed persons
52,900
2023 · EU pctl 88
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,100
2023 · EU pctl 84
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
7.3%
2019 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
51,364
2023 · EU pctl 86
Enterprise births
6,420
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise deaths
7,105
2023 · EU pctl 93
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 72
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
2 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 5
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.6%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
48.8%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
32.0%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.7%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.7%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,214,647
2024 · EU pctl 79
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
600 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 52 · 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.
1,004
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
158
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
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)
418,302
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged 65+
96,195
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged under 15
120,537
2025 · EU pctl 91
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
23.0%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of total population change
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
5,731
2024 · EU pctl 89
Deaths
5,576
2024 · EU pctl 78
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.8%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
2024 · EU pctl 51
Population density (persons per km²)
150 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 56
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
466 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,427 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
290 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
128 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
193 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
174 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
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 7
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