NUTS-3 PL811 · Poland
Bialski
Export region data (CSV)Bialski generates €3.5bn of GDP across 270.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 32.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (52th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
32.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth61.2
Livability28.9
Market access20
Economic scale20
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)
32.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability13
Labour stability31
Diversification84
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)
26.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density18
Airport access41
Market access20
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)
48.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary55
Lifelong learning51
Knowledge workers59
Scientists & engineers29
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)
27.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1023.6 µg/m³
NO213.3 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)
28.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy7
Jobs34.5
Education52
Health13.5
Safety45
Connectivity23
Environment27.5
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
61.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+6.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.3 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 · 29.9%Diversified · HHI 2042
Agriculture 10.8%Industry 16.4%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 29.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.2%Public · health · education 23.4%
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)
€3,196M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€347M
2023 · EU pctl 78
GVA — industry (B–E)
€524M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€428M
2023 · EU pctl 17
GVA — construction (F)
€199M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€956M
2023 · EU pctl 34
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€10,500
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
18,800 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 6
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,700
2023 · EU pctl 5
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,181M
2023 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€820M
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€10,585M
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€423M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€748M
2023 · EU pctl 19
Labour market
Employment, total persons
118,800
2023 · EU pctl 50
Self-employed persons
38,800
2023 · EU pctl 79
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,500
2023 · EU pctl 40
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
74.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
21.1%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,896
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise births
1,551
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise deaths
1,858
2023 · EU pctl 67
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
2023 · EU pctl 93
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.7%
2025 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
37.4%
2025 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.5%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
10.2%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.9%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
7.2%
2025 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.9%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
308,451
2024 · EU pctl 19
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
647 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 79 · 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.
32
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
62
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
172,448
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
58,009
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
39,768
2025 · EU pctl 55
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of total population change
-8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Live births
1,842
2024 · EU pctl 50
Deaths
3,173
2024 · EU pctl 53
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.7%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
2024 · EU pctl 23
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 15
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.0%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
78.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 14 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
616 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,560 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
252 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
52.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
103 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
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)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
92 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
24
2024 · EU pctl 90
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 55
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 57
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Poland regions