NUTS-3 PL714 · Poland
Sieradzki
Sieradzki generates €6.2bn of GDP across 414k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +9.0%/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 clean environment (2.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard5 → 10 EU percentile since 1995 (+4 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)
Freight intensity89
Industrial base87
Cost advantage84
Energy cost79
Labour market65
Talent & skills58
Growth momentum56
Demographic outlook37
Connectivity37
Quality of life30
Digital readiness30
Resilience30
Governance14
Economic base12
Air quality3
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)
40.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.4
Livability30.1
Market access36
Economic scale40
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)
30
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability7
Labour stability28
Diversification80
Demographic stability5
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)
37
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density15
Airport access60
Market access36
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)
2.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.518.3 µg/m³
PM1027.2 µg/m³
NO2—
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)
30.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy14
Jobs69.5
Education43
Health10.5
Safety49
Connectivity22.5
Environment2.5
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
56.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 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: Industry · 30.8%Diversified · HHI 2077
Agriculture 9.8%Industry 30.8%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 22.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.4%Public · health · education 17.3%
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)
€6,219M2023
13.7% 1y 9.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,190M2025
3.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Population
414,0092025
0.7% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Unemployment rate
3.4%2025
5.6% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Employment
174,0002023
3.7% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Productivity / employee
€44,4582025
8.2% 1y 12.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Gross value added
€5,619M2023
15.2% 1y 9.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 40
All indicators · 85 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,619M
2023 · EU pctl 40
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€553M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,730M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,638M
2023 · EU pctl 60
GVA — construction (F)
€329M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,277M
2023 · EU pctl 45
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)
21,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 12
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,600
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
€756M
2023 · EU pctl 25
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€974M
2023 · EU pctl 31
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,190M
2025 · EU pctl 39
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,458
2025 · EU pctl 14
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,148M
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour market
Employment, total persons
174,000
2023 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
46,300
2023 · EU pctl 85
Employment in manufacturing (C)
44,000
2023 · EU pctl 84
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
204,600
2025 · EU pctl 72
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
25,205
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise births
2,551
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise deaths
3,034
2023 · EU pctl 77
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 82
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 32 · 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)
436,414
2024 · EU pctl 29
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.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
21,721 kt
2025 · EU pctl 90
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
15 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
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)
264,198
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged 65+
90,600
2025 · EU pctl 69
Population aged under 15
59,211
2025 · EU pctl 71
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 33
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of total population change
-6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
2,761
2024 · EU pctl 68
Deaths
5,038
2024 · EU pctl 74
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.7%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
2024 · EU pctl 21
Population density (persons per km²)
74 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 29
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
261,818
2100 · EU pctl 58
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
551 /100k
2024 · 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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
80.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
145 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
61 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · 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)
153 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
81 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
27
2024 · EU pctl 97
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
41.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 64
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.9%
2021 · EU pctl 20
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