NUTS-3 SE214 · Sweden
Population
60,9712025
GDP
€2,455M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,182.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
SE214 · DEG06
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Eichsfeld (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Gotlands län (25). Contrarian pick: Gotlands län — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 97).
Why you might not pick Eichsfeld
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 24) — Gotlands län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Gotlands län · Manufacturing → Eichsfeld · Office → Gotlands län · Residential → Gotlands län.
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
44.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
51.8
64.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
53.5
54.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
52.5
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
38.5
59.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.3
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
34.4
45.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
6.0% 5y
4.2% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€40,270
€30,555
Population density
19 /km²
104 /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)
€2,199M
€2,894M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€135M
€91M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€231M
€901M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€169M
€790M
GVA — construction (F)
€177M
€269M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€478M
€367M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,000
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,800 PPS
28,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,000
€32,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,919M
€14,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,769M
€3,167M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€18,774M
€42,299M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€207M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€105M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€395M
€528M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€784M
€738M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,243M
€2,675M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€78,215
€95,815
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€618M
€610M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,390
45,530
Self-employed persons
4,700
4,630
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,400
12,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.1%
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
31,100
50,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,233
4,000
Enterprise births
388
194
Enterprise deaths
349
248
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
30.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.1%
35.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.5%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.4%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.0%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
946,867
250,420
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
530 /1k
568 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
1,974 kt
4,442 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
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653
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
6 km/1000km²
32 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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630
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
35,142
61,062
Population aged 65+
16,747
27,871
Population aged under 15
9,082
14,761
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
49.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.7%
45.6%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.0 /1k
9.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
16.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
6.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
12.6 /1k
Live births
417
648
Deaths
673
1,304
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.5%
69.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
109 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
61,808
98,614
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
23.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.0 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.5%
17.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
200 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
819 /100k
1,212 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
199 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
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0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.8 /100k
16.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
150 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,570 /100k
646 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
46 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
2,356 kSEK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
43 m
331 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
75 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
2 days/yr