NUTS-3 FI1C5 · Finland
Population
125,0832025
GDP
€5,029M2024
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
6,879.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FI1C5 · FRJ21
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ariège (Opportunity 40). Runner-up: Etelä-Karjala (25). Contrarian pick: Etelä-Karjala — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Energy cost (99) · Governance (98)
Red flags
Growth momentum (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Ariège
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 4) — Etelä-Karjala may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Etelä-Karjala · Manufacturing → Etelä-Karjala · Office → Ariège · Residential → Ariège.
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
24.7
39.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.5
59.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.9
52.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
94.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
56.7
34.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.0
91.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
6.8
39.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.5% 5y
2.2% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.1% 5y
3.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,208
€27,411
Population density
18 /km²
32 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
7,354
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
272
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,398M
€3,826M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€212M
€64M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,028M
€570M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€822M
€419M
GVA — construction (F)
€250M
€242M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€666M
€552M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,700
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,400 PPS
25,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,200
€27,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,779M
€27,134M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,548M
€3,274M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,877M
€63,709M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€686M
€831M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€142M
€23M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,040M
€1,118M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,202M
€1,280M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,415M
€3,873M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,416
€75,038
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€860M
€957M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
52,190
58,300
Self-employed persons
4,960
10,500
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,780
6,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.3%
76.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.8%
15.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.4%
6.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
60,400
69,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,778
13,089
Enterprise births
581
1,548
Enterprise deaths
728
1,440
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
4.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
7.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
2.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.0%
47.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.8%
56.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
18.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.8%
33.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
14.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
95.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
555,608
1,154,304
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.
1,077
349
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,556 kt
1,081 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
861
223
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
11 km/1000km²
14 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
77
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)
73,132
89,857
Population aged 65+
36,795
44,680
Population aged under 15
15,156
22,049
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
49.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.3%
49.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
2.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
682
1,024
Deaths
1,642
1,978
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.0%
74.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
32 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
81,225
135,122
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
23.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.9 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.7%
18.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
256 /100k
564 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
944 /100k
780 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
42.4 /100k
16.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
366 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,025 /100k
1,260 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
60 /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)
€1,354/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
73 m
1,278 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
147 days/yr
103 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
13 days/yr