NUTS-3 FI1C1 · Finland
Population
494,8192025
GDP
€22,820M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
10,709 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FI1C1 · FRK23
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Drôme (Opportunity 59). Runner-up: Varsinais-Suomi (50). Contrarian pick: Varsinais-Suomi — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Drôme
Its weakest dimension is Connectivity (EU pctl 37) — Varsinais-Suomi may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Drôme · Manufacturing → Varsinais-Suomi · Office → Drôme · Residential → Drôme.
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
49.6
58.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
69.8
72.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.3
57.6
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
95.7
51.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.0
37.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.0
89.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
29.2
48.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.0% 5y
2.4% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.3% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€46,119
€40,487
Population density
46 /km²
80 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
1,837
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
259
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€19,958M
€19,072M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€542M
€388M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,875M
€4,444M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,495M
€3,107M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,194M
€1,244M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,453M
€3,701M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,700
€24,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,500 PPS
37,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,300
€40,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,779M
€66,409M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,548M
€8,444M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,877M
€150,675M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,735M
€2,979M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€717M
€331M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,074M
€5,297M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,821M
€3,998M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€20,032M
€19,077M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€101,190
€90,747
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,902M
€4,815M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
230,320
239,700
Self-employed persons
26,790
31,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
35,650
34,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.3%
77.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.8%
16.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.5%
7.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
253,000
241,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
42,342
45,114
Enterprise births
3,593
5,525
Enterprise deaths
3,512
4,582
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
6.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
3.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
5.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
2.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.0%
49.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.8%
60.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
17.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.8%
34.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
11.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,334,165
3,336,760
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
710 /1k
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Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,341
2,287
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,152 kt
16,514 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
877
434
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
11 km/1000km²
29 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
32
110
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
306,425
311,189
Population aged 65+
120,009
127,673
Population aged under 15
68,385
88,294
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
45.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.2%
41.0%
Crude rate of total population change
8.2 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.4 /1k
3.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
9.8 /1k
Live births
3,730
4,722
Deaths
5,293
5,154
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.5%
69.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.20
1.72
Population density (persons per km²)
46 /km²
81 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
400,016
546,891
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
18.0%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.9 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.7%
14.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
256 /100k
511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
944 /100k
771 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.4 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.2 /100k
52.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
152 /100k
498 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,325 /100k
1,911 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
47 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.90
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.99
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.19
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.09
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.067/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.065/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
€2,293/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
74 m
545 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
20 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
143 days/yr
60 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
11 days/yr