NUTS-3 PL823 · Poland
Rzeszowski
Rzeszowski generates €11bn of GDP across 620.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +8.1%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (65.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (13.3th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard7 → 16 EU percentile since 1995 (+9 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
Demographic outlook89
Digital readiness86
Energy cost79
Industrial base72
Growth momentum64
Connectivity55
Freight intensity52
Talent & skills41
Quality of life36
Economic base24
Resilience22
Labour market19
Governance14
Air quality13
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)
45.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.6
Livability35.7
Market access21
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)
22.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability10
Labour stability11
Diversification46
Demographic stability22
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density45
Airport access100
Market access21
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)
13.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.515.1 µg/m³
PM1021.5 µg/m³
NO218.7 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)
35.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15
Jobs45.5
Education40.5
Health16
Safety54
Connectivity65.5
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
63.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.5%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 28.9%Diversified · HHI 2278
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 27%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 28.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.3%Public · health · education 20.6%
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)
€10,913M2023
16.1% 1y 8.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€9,552M2025
3.9% 1y 4.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Population
620,1492025
0.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Unemployment rate
3.6%2025
9.1% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Employment
311,6002023
3.6% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Productivity / employee
€44,5352025
8.2% 1y 11.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Gross value added
€9,861M2023
17.6% 1y 8.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 63
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,861M
2023 · EU pctl 63
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€93M
2023 · EU pctl 34
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,662M
2023 · EU pctl 67
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,251M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — construction (F)
€711M
2023 · EU pctl 68
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,853M
2023 · EU pctl 75
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)
25,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 24
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,400
2023 · EU pctl 15
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)
€1,509M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,032M
2023 · EU pctl 62
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,552M
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,535
2025 · EU pctl 14
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,631M
2025 · EU pctl 66
Labour market
Employment, total persons
311,600
2023 · EU pctl 87
Self-employed persons
51,200
2023 · EU pctl 87
Employment in manufacturing (C)
50,900
2023 · EU pctl 88
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)
278,300
2025 · EU pctl 82
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
43,710
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise births
5,167
2023 · EU pctl 85
Enterprise deaths
5,154
2023 · EU pctl 89
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
793,386
2024 · EU pctl 46
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
612 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 60 · 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.
2,237
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,044 kt
2025 · EU pctl 85
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
361
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
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.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
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)
401,159
2025 · EU pctl 85
Population aged 65+
115,095
2025 · EU pctl 79
Population aged under 15
103,895
2025 · EU pctl 88
Median age of population
41.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 8
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.7%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of total population change
2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
9.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Live births
5,296
2024 · EU pctl 87
Deaths
5,780
2024 · EU pctl 80
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.6%
2025 · EU pctl 19
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
175 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 60
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
614,982
2100 · EU pctl 86
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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
30.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
100 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
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)
212 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 45
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
85 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 77
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 55
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.
19
2024 · EU pctl 83
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 34
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
62.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 77
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.8%
2021 · EU pctl 58
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