NUTS-3 PL924 · Poland
Ostrołęcki
Ostrołęcki generates €5.7bn of GDP across 357.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +7.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (60th EU percentile) and weakest for health (10th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard5 → 11 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 advantage83
Digital readiness83
Energy cost79
Freight intensity68
Growth momentum65
Industrial base62
Air quality60
Demographic outlook55
Labour market48
Resilience38
Quality of life35
Connectivity24
Talent & skills17
Economic base16
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)
40.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth64.8
Livability34.5
Market access29
Economic scale35
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)
38.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability22
Labour stability33
Diversification93
Demographic stability5
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)
24
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density15
Airport access28
Market access29
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)
16.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary38
Lifelong learning3
Knowledge workers15
Scientists & engineers10
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)
59.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.5—
PM1017.9 µg/m³
NO24.8 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)
34.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy16.5
Jobs52
Education19.5
Health10
Safety34.7
Connectivity49
Environment60
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
64.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+5.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.6 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 · 26.2%Diversified · HHI 1919
Agriculture 15.3%Industry 23.6%Construction 7.5%Trade · transport · ICT 26.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 11.4%Public · health · education 16.1%
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)
€5,712M2023
9.6% 1y 7.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,811M2025
3.9% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
Population
357,4412025
0.6% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 66
Unemployment rate
4.1%2025
20.6% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Employment
144,9002023
0.4% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 61
Productivity / employee
€48,5992025
8.2% 1y 10.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Gross value added
€5,161M2023
11.0% 1y 8.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 35
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,161M
2023 · EU pctl 35
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€790M
2023 · EU pctl 95
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,217M
2023 · EU pctl 39
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,026M
2023 · EU pctl 42
GVA — construction (F)
€385M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,350M
2023 · EU pctl 47
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€12,200
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
23,100 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 16
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,600
2023 · EU pctl 12
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,741M
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,241M
2023 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€12,664M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€588M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€831M
2023 · EU pctl 25
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,811M
2025 · EU pctl 35
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€48,599
2025 · EU pctl 18
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,434M
2025 · EU pctl 39
Labour market
Employment, total persons
144,900
2023 · EU pctl 61
Self-employed persons
40,900
2023 · EU pctl 81
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,000
2023 · EU pctl 66
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
75.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
14.2%
2024 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
174,000
2025 · EU pctl 66
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
20,784
2023 · EU pctl 62
Enterprise births
2,222
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise deaths
2,670
2023 · EU pctl 75
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 86
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.3%
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
1.8%
2025 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.2%
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
31.8%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
17.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
5.1%
2025 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.7%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
128,481
2024 · EU pctl 6
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
665 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,232 kt
2025 · EU pctl 74
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
33
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
76
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)
229,713
2025 · EU pctl 67
Population aged 65+
70,682
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged under 15
57,046
2025 · EU pctl 70
Median age of population
42.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.8%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of total population change
-6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
2,866
2024 · EU pctl 69
Deaths
3,927
2024 · EU pctl 63
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.6%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.38
2024 · EU pctl 47
Population density (persons per km²)
55 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 20
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
253,425
2100 · EU pctl 57
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
413 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,650 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
274 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
102 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
177 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
92 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · 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)
95 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
91 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 83
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.
18
2024 · EU pctl 72
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 8
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 86
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
43.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 65
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.6%
2021 · EU pctl 56
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