NUTS-3 FI199 · Finland
Population
189,9292025
GDP
€7,709M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
14,356.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FI199 · FI1DB
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pohjois-Savo (Opportunity 38). Runner-up: Etelä-Pohjanmaa (32). Contrarian pick: Etelä-Pohjanmaa — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 72).
Strengths
Energy cost (99) · Digital readiness (75)
Red flags
Growth momentum (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Pohjois-Savo
Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 25) — Etelä-Pohjanmaa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Pohjois-Savo · Manufacturing → Etelä-Pohjanmaa · Office → Pohjois-Savo · Residential → Pohjois-Savo.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
31.6
37.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.5
60.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
54.3
55.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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70.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
18.5
61.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
63.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
14.2
28.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Population
0.3% 5y
0.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,586
€42,475
Population density
13 /km²
12 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 78 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,742M
€9,243M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€531M
€652M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,435M
€1,700M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,215M
€1,370M
GVA — construction (F)
€432M
€573M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,002M
€1,321M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,800
€21,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,700 PPS
35,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,500
€42,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,845M
€13,860M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,726M
€3,205M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€29,084M
€24,815M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,000M
€1,363M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€91M
€185M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,588M
€2,425M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,753M
€2,571M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,700
110,790
Self-employed persons
12,810
11,620
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,730
14,240
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.0%
20.9%
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
15,494
15,264
Enterprise births
1,044
1,326
Enterprise deaths
1,104
1,354
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
4.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.8%
4.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.5%
39.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.0%
34.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.0%
26.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
26.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.3%
8.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.9%
97.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
713,300
811,731
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
729 /1k
727 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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1,916
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,451 kt
7,759 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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770
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
2 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
77
9
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
108,974
146,892
Population aged 65+
52,058
68,276
Population aged under 15
28,897
33,647
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
46.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.8%
46.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-3.2 /1k
2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.2 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
6.9 /1k
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
12.1 /1k
Live births
1,369
1,712
Deaths
2,405
3,011
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
74.3%
69.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
1.23
Population density (persons per km²)
14 /km²
14 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
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17.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
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15.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
269 /100k
283 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
903 /100k
976 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
197 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.1 /100k
0.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.9 /100k
36.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
73.5 /100k
105 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,062 /100k
1,862 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
38 /M
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.067/kWh
€0.067/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.065/kWh
€0.065/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
€1,644/m²
€1,690/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
101 m
99 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
162 days/yr
163 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr