NUTS-3 PL843 · Poland
Suwalski
Suwalski generates €3.4bn of GDP across 240.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 30.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +8.1%/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 economy (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard2 → 9 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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
Freight intensity79
Energy cost79
Digital readiness78
Industrial base68
Demographic outlook59
Growth momentum58
Talent & skills48
Labour market44
Quality of life38
Air quality36
Resilience36
Governance14
Connectivity9
Economic base9
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)
30.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth58
Livability38
Market access8
Economic scale18
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)
35.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability24
Labour stability24
Diversification92
Demographic stability2
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)
9.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density15
Airport access5
Market access8
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.513.2 µg/m³
PM1019 µg/m³
NO29.2 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)
38
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy8.5
Jobs71
Education41
Health14.5
Safety48
Connectivity46.5
Environment36.7
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
58
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.7%
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: Industry · 24.4%Diversified · HHI 1922
Agriculture 12.3%Industry 24.4%Construction 7%Trade · transport · ICT 23.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.3%Public · health · education 20.1%
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)
€3,375M2023
12.7% 1y 8.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,916M2025
3.9% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Population
240,8082025
0.7% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Unemployment rate
2.6%2025
21.2% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 2
Employment
114,9002023
0.4% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Productivity / employee
€37,2552025
8.2% 1y 10.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 7
Gross value added
€3,049M2023
14.2% 1y 8.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,049M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€375M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — industry (B–E)
€743M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€663M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — construction (F)
€213M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€729M
2023 · EU pctl 26
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)
20,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 9
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,700
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
€375M
2023 · EU pctl 9
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€613M
2023 · EU pctl 14
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,916M
2025 · EU pctl 20
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€37,255
2025 · EU pctl 7
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€900M
2025 · EU pctl 22
Labour market
Employment, total persons
114,900
2023 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
41,900
2023 · EU pctl 82
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,000
2023 · EU pctl 54
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)
115,100
2025 · EU pctl 47
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,487
2023 · EU pctl 47
Enterprise births
1,312
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise deaths
1,757
2023 · EU pctl 66
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 82
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)
451,128
2024 · EU pctl 29
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.
24
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,571 kt
2025 · EU pctl 66
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.
142
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
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)
155,222
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged 65+
50,173
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged under 15
35,413
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
43.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.3%
2025 · EU pctl 23
Crude rate of total population change
-6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude birth rate
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
1,602
2024 · EU pctl 44
Deaths
2,725
2024 · EU pctl 45
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.17
2024 · EU pctl 17
Population density (persons per km²)
40 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 12
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
170,051
2100 · EU pctl 40
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
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
99.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
164 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
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)
148 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 32
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
102 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
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.
19
2024 · EU pctl 77
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 27
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 41
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
27.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 48
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.2%
2021 · EU pctl 25
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