NUTS-3 PL841 · Poland
Białostocki
Białostocki generates €8.5bn of GDP across 487.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +8.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 4.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (71th EU percentile) and weakest for health (14.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard8 → 15 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 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
Digital readiness78
Demographic outlook77
Growth momentum62
Freight intensity58
Talent & skills48
Labour market44
Industrial base44
Quality of life43
Air quality35
Resilience30
Economic base23
Connectivity18
Governance14
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)
42.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth61.8
Livability42.9
Market access12
Economic scale53
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)
30.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability21
Labour stability24
Diversification63
Demographic stability13
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)
17.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density35
Airport access6
Market access12
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)
47.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary47
Lifelong learning33
Knowledge workers64
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)
35
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511.7 µg/m³
PM1016.9 µg/m³
NO211.8 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)
42.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy15.5
Jobs71
Education41
Health14.5
Safety66
Connectivity56.5
Environment35.7
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
61.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
+4.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.2 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 · 30.7%Diversified · HHI 2170
Agriculture 4.1%Industry 20%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 30.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.7%Public · health · education 23.3%
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)
€8,463M2023
13.8% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€7,312M2025
3.9% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
Population
487,2142025
0.1% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Unemployment rate
2.6%2025
3.7% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
238,2002023
1.6% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Productivity / employee
€45,0682025
8.2% 1y 11.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Gross value added
€7,647M2023
15.3% 1y 9.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 53
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,647M
2023 · EU pctl 53
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€312M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,531M
2023 · EU pctl 48
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,214M
2023 · EU pctl 49
GVA — construction (F)
€553M
2023 · EU pctl 59
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,345M
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
25,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 23
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,100
2023 · EU pctl 14
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€3,841M
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€446M
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€6,485M
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,121M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,784M
2023 · EU pctl 57
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€7,312M
2025 · EU pctl 53
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€45,068
2025 · EU pctl 15
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,257M
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour market
Employment, total persons
238,200
2023 · EU pctl 79
Self-employed persons
55,900
2023 · EU pctl 89
Employment in manufacturing (C)
34,000
2023 · EU pctl 75
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
73.0%
2025 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 2
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
231,100
2025 · EU pctl 76
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
38,107
2023 · EU pctl 79
Enterprise births
4,521
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise deaths
4,621
2023 · EU pctl 86
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.8%
2023 · EU pctl 84
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.9%
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 13 · 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)
40.4%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.4%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.2%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
490,643
2024 · EU pctl 32
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
581 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 40 · 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.
1,122
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,441 kt
2025 · EU pctl 79
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
230
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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.
135
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
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)
311,543
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged 65+
100,793
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged under 15
74,878
2025 · EU pctl 78
Median age of population
43.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 20
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.4%
2025 · EU pctl 24
Crude rate of total population change
-0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Live births
3,607
2024 · EU pctl 75
Deaths
4,908
2024 · EU pctl 73
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.18
2024 · EU pctl 18
Population density (persons per km²)
95 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 39
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
453,322
2100 · EU pctl 78
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
629 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,519 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
252 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
86.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
159 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
54 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 71 · 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)
136 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 38
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
100 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 66
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 45
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 50
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
67.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.1%
2021 · EU pctl 7
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