NUTS-3 FI196 · Finland
Population
211,2612025
GDP
€9,763M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
8,251.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FI196 · FRJ26
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Hautes-Pyrénées (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Satakunta (37). Contrarian pick: Satakunta — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Hautes-Pyrénées
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 21) — Satakunta may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Satakunta · Manufacturing → Satakunta · Office → Satakunta · Residential → Hautes-Pyrénées .
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
36.9
41.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.3
54.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.4
56.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
85.0
67.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
34.0
31.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
91.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
16.2
34.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.9% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€46,214
€31,188
Population density
26 /km²
51 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
2,868
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
285
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,539M
€6,453M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€367M
€95M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,733M
€875M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,866M
€682M
GVA — construction (F)
€542M
€414M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,230M
€1,110M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,800
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,400 PPS
28,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,200
€31,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,845M
€27,134M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,726M
€3,274M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€29,084M
€63,709M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,052M
€1,312M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€212M
€48M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,721M
€1,826M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,945M
€2,133M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,673M
€6,531M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€102,153
€78,225
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,091M
€1,614M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
97,610
94,300
Self-employed persons
10,960
15,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,730
9,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
76.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.0%
15.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.0%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
102,000
103,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,551
19,024
Enterprise births
1,213
2,228
Enterprise deaths
1,384
1,892
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
5.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
4.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.8%
7.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
2.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.5%
47.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.0%
56.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.0%
18.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
33.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.3%
14.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.9%
95.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
369,966
4,865,351
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
729 /1k
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Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,596 kt
4,056 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,033
1,014
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
489
437
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
2 km/1000km²
14 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
80
110
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
121,919
133,329
Population aged 65+
61,064
66,834
Population aged under 15
28,278
31,903
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
50.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.1%
50.1%
Crude rate of total population change
-2.3 /1k
1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.5 /1k
7.2 /1k
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,370
1,665
Deaths
2,777
3,020
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.3%
74.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
27 /km²
52 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
144,680
199,773
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
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23.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
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18.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
269 /100k
564 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
903 /100k
780 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.8 /100k
1.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.1 /100k
26.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
114 /100k
323 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,849 /100k
1,390 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /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)
€1,236/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
75 m
470 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
141 days/yr
25 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
12 days/yr