NUTS-3 PL714 · Poland
Sieradzki
Export region data (CSV)Sieradzki generates €6.2bn of GDP across 414k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.7/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
40.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.6
Livability30.2
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density16
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)
30.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy14
Jobs69.5
Education43
Health10.5
Safety49
Connectivity23
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
56.6
/ 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).
All indicators · 66 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
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
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
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 18
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
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
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
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
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
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
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