NUTS-3 SE121 · Sweden
Population
407,9122025
GDP
€20,916M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
8,648.4 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SE121 · IE052
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: South-East (Opportunity 65). Runner-up: Uppsala län (58). Contrarian pick: Uppsala län — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 97).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (90) · Governance (90)
Red flags
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick South-East
Energy cost (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Energy cost (EU pctl 1) — Uppsala län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
South-East leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
57.6
64.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
54.8
46.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.1
59.0
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
81.7
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.3
29.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
92.5
84.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.2
72.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.8% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
1.2% 5y
1.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.6% 5y
8.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€51,277
€44,497
Population density
47 /km²
67 /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)
€18,732M
€20,557M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€344M
€1,033M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,933M
€5,115M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,167M
€4,837M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,063M
€1,127M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,694M
€3,606M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,200
€28,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,200 PPS
38,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,200
€45,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€19,140M
€43,613M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,614M
€27,811M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,294M
€41,142M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,134M
€1,462M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€649M
€576M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,098M
€5,716M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,600M
€3,960M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€19,497M
€20,805M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€113,889
€109,517
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,424M
€5,616M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
195,390
219,330
Self-employed persons
11,100
37,170
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,400
26,790
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.3%
78.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.1%
9.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.4%
4.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
225,100
258,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,793
29,874
Enterprise births
2,528
3,157
Enterprise deaths
2,028
3,995
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
5.1%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.4%
0.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.2%
9.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.5%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.6%
54.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
50.5%
63.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
38.4%
12.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
29.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.7%
12.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.0%
95.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,201,527
3,462,487
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
474 /1k
483 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,429 kt
16,494 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6
1,069
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
220
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
16 km/1000km²
13 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
117
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
261,163
313,366
Population aged 65+
77,883
81,771
Population aged under 15
68,866
90,058
Median age of population
38.5 yrs
40.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.8%
26.1%
Crude rate of total population change
8.2 /1k
25.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
22.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
9.6 /1k
Crude death rate
7.6 /1k
7.1 /1k
Live births
3,845
4,611
Deaths
3,090
3,422
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.2%
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
1.60
Population density (persons per km²)
50 /km²
67 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
479,701
591,202
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.7%
18.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
82.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
12.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
185 /100k
269 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
859 /100k
936 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
207 /100k
247 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
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1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
36.3 /100k
12.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
531 /100k
156 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,399 /100k
947 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M
32 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.71
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
1.77
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.50
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.65
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
0.81
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
€0.212/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
€0.057/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
2,320 kSEK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
37 m
89 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
120 days/yr
17 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
8 days/yr