NUTS-3 PL926 · Poland
Żyrardowski
Żyrardowski generates €4.6bn of GDP across 254k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and market access. Its economy has grown +8.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 5.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (52th EU percentile) and weakest for health (10th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard11 → 15 EU percentile since 1995 (+4 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)
Freight intensity90
Cost advantage83
Digital readiness83
Industrial base79
Energy cost79
Growth momentum70
Labour market48
Demographic outlook47
Connectivity40
Air quality34
Resilience32
Quality of life31
Economic base24
Talent & skills17
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)
42.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth70
Livability31.4
Market access43
Economic scale27
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)
31.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability32
Labour stability33
Diversification35
Demographic stability27
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density13
Airport access65
Market access43
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)
34.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.515.3 µg/m³
PM1020.4 µg/m³
NO28.4 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)
31.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy20.5
Jobs52
Education19.5
Health10
Safety34.7
Connectivity48
Environment35
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
70
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
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 · 34.8%Diversified · HHI 2347
Agriculture 8.6%Industry 27.5%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 34.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 11.7%Public · health · education 12%
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)
€4,620M2023
15.3% 1y 8.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,892M2025
3.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Population
253,9672025
0.3% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Unemployment rate
4.1%2025
127.8% 1y 9.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Employment
115,0002023
0.5% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Productivity / employee
€49,5342025
8.2% 1y 10.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Gross value added
€4,175M2023
16.8% 1y 9.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 27
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,175M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€357M
2023 · EU pctl 79
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,146M
2023 · EU pctl 37
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,065M
2023 · EU pctl 43
GVA — construction (F)
€230M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,451M
2023 · EU pctl 50
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)
25,500 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 24
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,200
2023 · EU pctl 14
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)
€489M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€502M
2023 · EU pctl 10
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,892M
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€49,534
2025 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,160M
2025 · EU pctl 31
Labour market
Employment, total persons
115,000
2023 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
32,800
2023 · EU pctl 73
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,800
2023 · EU pctl 59
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)
123,100
2025 · EU pctl 50
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,283
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise births
1,727
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise deaths
2,121
2023 · EU pctl 71
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
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)
360,072
2024 · EU pctl 24
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
665 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 83 · 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.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,786 kt
2025 · EU pctl 75
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
41
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
162,434
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged 65+
52,196
2025 · EU pctl 44
Population aged under 15
39,337
2025 · EU pctl 55
Median age of population
43.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 21
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
-2.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
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
11.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Live births
1,880
2024 · EU pctl 50
Deaths
2,990
2024 · EU pctl 50
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
101 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 41
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
211,587
2100 · EU pctl 49
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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
145 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
249 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
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)
155 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
8 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
83 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
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 81
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 22
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 58
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
30.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 53
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.5%
2021 · EU pctl 45
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