NUTS-3 PL821 · Poland
Krośnieński
Krośnieński generates €5.2bn of GDP across 430.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (55.3th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (5.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard5 → 5 EU percentile since 1995 (+0 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 advantage94
Digital readiness86
Energy cost79
Demographic outlook76
Industrial base73
Growth momentum57
Freight intensity50
Air quality42
Talent & skills41
Quality of life37
Connectivity21
Labour market19
Resilience18
Governance14
Economic base5
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)
35.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.6
Livability36.7
Market access15
Economic scale32
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)
18
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability16
Labour stability11
Diversification44
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)
20.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density18
Airport access29
Market access15
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)
41
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary54
Lifelong learning7
Knowledge workers57
Scientists & engineers46
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)
41.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.8 µg/m³
PM1020.2 µg/m³
NO27.2 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)
36.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy5.5
Jobs45.5
Education40.5
Health16
Safety55.3
Connectivity52
Environment42.3
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
56.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.7 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 · 32.3%Diversified · HHI 2286
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 32.3%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 20.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.8%Public · health · education 24.2%
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)
€5,228M2023
15.1% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,576M2025
3.9% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 33
Population
430,4152025
0.8% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
16.3% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
172,5002023
1.6% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Productivity / employee
€38,5352025
8.2% 1y 11.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 8
Gross value added
€4,723M2023
16.6% 1y 7.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,723M
2023 · EU pctl 32
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€97M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,526M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,100M
2023 · EU pctl 44
GVA — construction (F)
€352M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€954M
2023 · EU pctl 34
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€9,600
2023 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
17,600 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 5
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,900
2023 · EU pctl 3
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€5,847M
2023 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,209M
2023 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€11,647M
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€653M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,141M
2023 · EU pctl 37
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,576M
2025 · EU pctl 33
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€38,535
2025 · EU pctl 8
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,260M
2025 · EU pctl 34
Labour market
Employment, total persons
172,500
2023 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
30,800
2023 · EU pctl 71
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,100
2023 · EU pctl 76
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
69.5%
2025 · EU pctl 11 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
21.3%
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
190,700
2025 · EU pctl 70
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
23,261
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise births
2,612
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise deaths
3,077
2023 · EU pctl 77
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 81
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.2%
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.3%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
34.2%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
42.2%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
5.8%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.1%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.9%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,893,692
2024 · EU pctl 69
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,279 kt
2025 · EU pctl 71
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
57
CURRENT · EU pctl 20
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
13
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
9 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
75
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
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)
274,835
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged 65+
93,580
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged under 15
62,000
2025 · EU pctl 72
Median age of population
44.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 33
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of total population change
-7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
2,583
2024 · EU pctl 65
Deaths
4,610
2024 · EU pctl 71
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.6%
2025 · EU pctl 31
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.07
2024 · EU pctl 6
Population density (persons per km²)
79 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 31
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
311,513
2100 · EU pctl 66
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
691 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,450 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
217 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
60.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
63.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
53 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 69 · 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)
453 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
99 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 74
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 80
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 15
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
51
2024 · EU pctl 33
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
58.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 75
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.8%
2021 · EU pctl 47
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