NUTS-3 PL711 · Poland
Miasto Łódź
Export region data (CSV)Miasto Łódź generates €17bn of GDP across 641.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +8.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (69.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (10.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth55.6
Livability33.5
Market access39
Economic scale77
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)
18.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability12
Labour stability28
Diversification29
Demographic stability6
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)
48.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access97
Market access39
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary51
Lifelong learning49
Knowledge workers68
Scientists & engineers64
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)
15.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.514.9 µg/m³
PM1021.9 µg/m³
NO217.2 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)
33.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy40.5
Jobs69.5
Education43
Health10.5
Safety35
Connectivity20
Environment15.7
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
55.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.4 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 · 29.5%Diversified · HHI 2389
Agriculture 0.1%Industry 19.6%Construction 4.5%Trade · transport · ICT 29.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.8%Public · health · education 18.5%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€15,228M
2023 · EU pctl 77
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€17M
2023 · EU pctl 10
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,983M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,276M
2023 · EU pctl 72
GVA — construction (F)
€686M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,489M
2023 · EU pctl 84
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€12,000
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 65
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€25,300
2023 · EU pctl 28
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,147M
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,531M
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€16,889M
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,234M
2023 · EU pctl 81
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,819M
2023 · EU pctl 73
Labour market
Employment, total persons
396,000
2023 · EU pctl 91
Self-employed persons
56,200
2023 · EU pctl 89
Employment in manufacturing (C)
60,600
2023 · EU pctl 91
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.6%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.1%
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
57,558
2023 · EU pctl 88
Enterprise births
6,286
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise deaths
6,919
2023 · EU pctl 92
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
41.8%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.1%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.4%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.6%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.0%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,134,329
2024 · EU pctl 56
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
632 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · 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.
27
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
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)
397,175
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged 65+
166,560
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged under 15
77,657
2025 · EU pctl 79
Median age of population
46.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.9%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of total population change
-8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Live births
4,146
2024 · EU pctl 80
Deaths
9,218
2024 · EU pctl 93
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
2025 · EU pctl 66
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.03
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
2,198 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 96
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.8%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
77.5 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
549 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,585 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
267 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
283 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
413 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
61 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
223 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 52
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 49
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
88 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
22
2024 · EU pctl 85
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 77
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 65
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