NUTS-3 PL812 · Poland
Chełmsko-zamojski
Chełmsko-zamojski generates €6.1bn of GDP across 543.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 6.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (66th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (5.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard3 → 4 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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)
Cost advantage92
Energy cost79
Freight intensity70
Growth momentum59
Talent & skills49
Demographic outlook41
Industrial base38
Air quality34
Resilience33
Labour market33
Quality of life33
Digital readiness28
Connectivity22
Governance14
Economic base3
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)
35.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59
Livability32.5
Market access11
Economic scale39
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)
33.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability12
Labour stability31
Diversification90
Demographic stability0
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)
22.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density15
Airport access41
Market access11
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)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.516.4 µg/m³
PM1021.7 µg/m³
NO27.4 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)
32.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy5.5
Jobs34.5
Education52
Health13.5
Safety66
Connectivity21.5
Environment34.3
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
59
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-2.3%
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: Public · health · education · 25.8%Diversified · HHI 1958
Agriculture 10.7%Industry 17.3%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 24.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.6%Public · health · education 25.8%
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)
€6,141M2023
15.1% 1y 7.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€5,513M2025
3.9% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Population
543,0812025
1.1% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Unemployment rate
5.3%2025
32.5% 1y 4.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Employment
212,0002023
2.8% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Productivity / employee
€36,4632025
8.2% 1y 10.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Gross value added
€5,549M2023
16.6% 1y 7.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,549M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€591M
2023 · EU pctl 90
GVA — industry (B–E)
€962M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€801M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — construction (F)
€342M
2023 · EU pctl 38
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,353M
2023 · EU pctl 47
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)
16,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 3
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,000
2023 · EU pctl 2
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)
€868M
2023 · EU pctl 29
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,432M
2023 · EU pctl 47
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,513M
2025 · EU pctl 42
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€36,463
2025 · EU pctl 6
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,372M
2025 · EU pctl 37
Labour market
Employment, total persons
212,000
2023 · EU pctl 75
Self-employed persons
74,500
2023 · EU pctl 94
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,200
2023 · EU pctl 66
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
258,900
2025 · EU pctl 79
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,337
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise births
2,982
2023 · EU pctl 74
Enterprise deaths
3,855
2023 · EU pctl 83
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 89
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 39 · 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)
542,849
2024 · EU pctl 34
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.
54
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,772 kt
2025 · EU pctl 89
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
10
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
0 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
63
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
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)
343,353
2025 · EU pctl 79
Population aged 65+
129,254
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged under 15
70,474
2025 · EU pctl 77
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.6%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of total population change
-11.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-4.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
12.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Live births
3,012
2024 · EU pctl 70
Deaths
6,703
2024 · EU pctl 85
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.2%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.03
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
59 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 22
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
293,975
2100 · EU pctl 64
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
621 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78 · 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
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
74.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
67.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
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)
289 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 34
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
96 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 29
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.
7
2024 · EU pctl 17
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
38.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 61
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.8%
2021 · EU pctl 17
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