NUTS-3 SE122 · Sweden
Population
301,5422025
GDP
€11,729M2024
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
7,051.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
SE122 · SE311
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Södermanlands län (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Värmlands län (40). Contrarian pick: Värmlands län — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 91).
Why you might not pick Södermanlands län
Its weakest dimension is Digital readiness (EU pctl 30) — Värmlands län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Södermanlands län 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
45.8
40.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.3
50.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.8
51.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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70.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
35.3
14.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
92.5
79.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.2
24.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.9% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.2% 5y
1.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€38,896
€42,262
Population density
43 /km²
13 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,504M
€10,726M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€186M
€305M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,333M
€2,481M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,065M
€1,738M
GVA — construction (F)
€823M
€885M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,793M
€2,513M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,200
€21,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,600 PPS
35,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,600
€42,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€19,140M
€7,213M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,614M
€1,289M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,294M
€17,269M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,088M
€609M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€128M
€278M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,209M
€1,521M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,158M
€3,020M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,933M
€10,937M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€95,656
€96,105
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,041M
€2,755M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,440
132,580
Self-employed persons
6,200
7,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,000
17,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
82.3%
83.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
28.1%
23.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.4%
8.3%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
153,900
147,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,863
19,424
Enterprise births
1,582
1,391
Enterprise deaths
1,355
1,211
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
4.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.4%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.2%
3.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.5%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
46.6%
41.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
50.5%
45.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
38.4%
34.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.0%
28.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.7%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
94.0%
93.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,177,849
1,972,828
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
474 /1k
558 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,961 kt
15,398 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4
36
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
13
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
16 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
127
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
178,531
167,707
Population aged 65+
71,123
71,235
Population aged under 15
51,888
44,442
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
44.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
42.5%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
-0.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.3 /1k
2.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
11.0 /1k
Live births
2,570
2,279
Deaths
3,063
3,113
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.9%
69.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
50 /km²
16 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
348,761
323,277
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.7%
19.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
83.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.4%
17.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
185 /100k
182 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
859 /100k
902 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
207 /100k
204 /100k
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
47.0 /100k
19.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
676 /100k
628 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,222 /100k
1,882 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
23 /M
27 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.91
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
1.62
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.74
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2.03
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
0.94
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
€0.085/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
€0.073/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
1,429 kSEK
1,290 kSEK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
77 m
175 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
110 days/yr
131 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr