NUTS-3 PL721 · Poland
Kielecki
Export region data (CSV)Kielecki generates €11bn of GDP across 684.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +6.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (64.7th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (12th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
44.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth53
Livability29.3
Market access33
Economic scale63
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)
23
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability11
Labour stability14
Diversification66
Demographic stability1
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)
24.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density33
Airport access7
Market access33
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)
32.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary39
Lifelong learning2
Knowledge workers55
Scientists & engineers34
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)
12.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.517.2 µg/m³
PM1024.7 µg/m³
NO216.2 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)
29.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy12
Jobs44
Education35
Health13
Safety64.7
Connectivity23
Environment13.3
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
53
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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 · 27.2%Diversified · HHI 2158
Agriculture 2.6%Industry 25.7%Construction 8.8%Trade · transport · ICT 27.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.7%Public · health · education 22.1%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,830M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€253M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,525M
2023 · EU pctl 66
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,915M
2023 · EU pctl 65
GVA — construction (F)
€863M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,672M
2023 · EU pctl 72
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,700
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
22,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 15
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,500
2023 · EU pctl 12
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€2,787M
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€630M
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€6,275M
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,344M
2023 · EU pctl 46
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,173M
2023 · EU pctl 64
Labour market
Employment, total persons
320,200
2023 · EU pctl 87
Self-employed persons
57,400
2023 · EU pctl 90
Employment in manufacturing (C)
66,400
2023 · EU pctl 93
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
16.2%
2018 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
46,927
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise births
4,808
2023 · EU pctl 84
Enterprise deaths
6,080
2023 · EU pctl 92
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
2023 · EU pctl 74
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.0%
2019 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.0%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
37.5%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.8%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.4%
2025 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
91.5%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
968,367
2024 · EU pctl 53
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
602 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 53 · 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.
1,433
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
209
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
123
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
428,948
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
164,253
2025 · EU pctl 90
Population aged under 15
91,586
2025 · EU pctl 84
Median age of population
45.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 47
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.3%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Crude rate of total population change
-8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Live births
4,041
2024 · EU pctl 79
Deaths
8,629
2024 · EU pctl 92
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
2024 · EU pctl 6
Population density (persons per km²)
137 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 52
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.6%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
862 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,524 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
263 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 25
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
137 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
59 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
407 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 22
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
101 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
25
2024 · EU pctl 92
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 72
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 29
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