NUTS-3 PL638 · Poland
Starogardzki
Starogardzki generates €5.9bn of GDP across 396.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.0%/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 (10.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard7 → 10 EU percentile since 1995 (+3 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)
Industrial base92
Cost advantage90
Energy cost79
Freight intensity75
Demographic outlook74
Talent & skills72
Growth momentum58
Labour market57
Digital readiness54
Air quality50
Quality of life47
Connectivity27
Resilience26
Governance14
Economic base11
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)
40.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58.2
Livability47.2
Market access19
Economic scale37
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)
25.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability29
Labour stability25
Diversification44
Demographic stability4
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density17
Airport access45
Market access19
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
50
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1014.8 µg/m³
NO212.1 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)
47.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy10.5
Jobs77
Education77.5
Health16
Safety63
Connectivity35.5
Environment51
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
58.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.4%
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: Industry · 36.5%Diversified · HHI 2287
Agriculture 5.1%Industry 36.5%Construction 8.1%Trade · transport · ICT 18.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.1%Public · health · education 18.1%
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)
€5,862M2023
6.7% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,037M2025
3.9% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 38
Population
396,6862025
0.6% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Unemployment rate
2.7%2025
3.8% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Employment
157,8002023
2.5% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Productivity / employee
€45,7732025
8.2% 1y 9.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 16
Gross value added
€5,297M2023
8.1% 1y 7.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 37
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,297M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€272M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,935M
2023 · EU pctl 57
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,772M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — construction (F)
€430M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,003M
2023 · EU pctl 36
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)
21,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 11
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,400
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
€695M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€961M
2023 · EU pctl 31
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,037M
2025 · EU pctl 38
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€45,773
2025 · EU pctl 16
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,257M
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour market
Employment, total persons
157,800
2023 · EU pctl 65
Self-employed persons
33,800
2023 · EU pctl 74
Employment in manufacturing (C)
43,600
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
198,600
2025 · EU pctl 71
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
22,712
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise births
2,595
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise deaths
3,082
2023 · EU pctl 77
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 57 · 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)
310,070
2024 · EU pctl 19
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.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,230 kt
2025 · EU pctl 81
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
4 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
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)
258,067
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged 65+
76,889
2025 · EU pctl 63
Population aged under 15
61,730
2025 · EU pctl 72
Median age of population
42.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 16
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
-5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Live births
2,696
2024 · EU pctl 67
Deaths
4,227
2024 · EU pctl 68
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.7%
2025 · EU pctl 16
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
99 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 40
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
299,457
2100 · EU pctl 65
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
470 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50 · 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
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
196 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
195 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · 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)
10 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 50
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 48
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 17
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
50.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 71
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
6.6%
2021 · EU pctl 76
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