NUTS-3 FI1DC · Finland
Population
162,0912025
GDP
€6,307M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
22,904 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FI1DC · FI1C5
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pohjois-Karjala (Opportunity 30). Runner-up: Etelä-Karjala (25). Contrarian pick: Etelä-Karjala — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Energy cost (99) · Governance (98)
Red flags
Growth momentum (EU bottom 15%)
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Pohjois-Karjala
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 21) — 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 → Pohjois-Karjala · Residential → Pohjois-Karjala.
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
30.0
24.7
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.8
48.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
56.0
56.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
94.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
34.0
56.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
63.0
64.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
20.8
6.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
1.5% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
4.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,913
€40,208
Population density
7 /km²
18 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,516M
€4,398M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€442M
€212M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,139M
€1,028M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€974M
€822M
GVA — construction (F)
€276M
€250M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€775M
€666M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,800
€23,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,300 PPS
33,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,900
€40,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,860M
€8,779M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,205M
€1,548M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€24,815M
€22,877M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€901M
€686M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€139M
€142M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,314M
€1,040M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,570M
€1,202M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€4,415M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€98,416
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€860M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
66,290
52,190
Self-employed persons
7,380
4,960
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,190
8,780
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
79.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.9%
20.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
9.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
60,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,971
7,778
Enterprise births
793
581
Enterprise deaths
862
728
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
5.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.8%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.2%
39.0%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.5%
34.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
26.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.7%
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.9%
9.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.4%
96.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
515,720
555,608
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
727 /1k
710 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,614
1,077
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,065 kt
8,556 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
1 km/1000km²
11 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
996
861
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
125
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
94,062
73,132
Population aged 65+
47,351
36,795
Population aged under 15
20,678
15,156
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
49.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.3%
50.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.4 /1k
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
7.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
13.1 /1k
Live births
974
682
Deaths
2,139
1,642
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.3%
71.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
1.14
Population density (persons per km²)
8 /km²
24 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
81,225
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.9%
17.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.7 yrs
81.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.2%
12.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
283 /100k
256 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
976 /100k
944 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
197 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.5 /100k
1.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.2 /100k
42.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
121 /100k
116 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,614 /100k
2,025 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
38 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.90
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.91
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.99
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
2.19
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
1.09
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)
€1,502/m²
€1,354/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
105 m
73 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
173 days/yr
147 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr