NUTS-3 FI19A · Finland
Population
178,7492025
GDP
€9,072M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.2%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.9%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
7,504.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FI19A · BE256
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Arr. Roeselare (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Pohjanmaa (38). Contrarian pick: Pohjanmaa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Economic base (87) · Resilience (83)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Arr. Roeselare
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 4) — Pohjanmaa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Arr. Roeselare · Manufacturing → Pohjanmaa · Office → Arr. Roeselare · Residential → Arr. Roeselare.
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
38.0
63.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
63.5
83.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
59.5
58.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
83.0
33.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
46.3
65.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
71.5
82.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
30.6
63.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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2.8% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
2.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€50,754
€54,516
Population density
24 /km²
595 /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)
€7,934M
€7,943M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€384M
€159M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,751M
€1,746M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,487M
€1,565M
GVA — construction (F)
€497M
€715M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,037M
€1,449M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,800
€31,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,400 PPS
48,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,900
€54,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,845M
€16,710M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,726M
€2,304M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€29,084M
€29,133M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€871M
€701M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€275M
€195M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,627M
€2,289M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,638M
€1,586M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€7,447M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€105,153
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€2,394M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,520
86,100
Self-employed persons
9,400
15,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,470
15,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.0%
76.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.0%
11.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
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2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
78,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,686
—
Enterprise births
1,084
—
Enterprise deaths
994
—
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
—
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.0%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.8%
3.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
41.5%
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
36.0%
51.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.0%
18.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.6%
30.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.3%
10.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.9%
93.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
408,031
140,287
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
729 /1k
512 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,272 kt
4,932 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
526
515
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
294
320
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
2 km/1000km²
59 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
30
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
107,813
100,925
Population aged 65+
42,280
34,541
Population aged under 15
28,656
25,505
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
42.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.2%
34.2%
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
7.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.0 /1k
7.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
9.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
9.8 /1k
Live births
1,508
1,530
Deaths
1,793
1,574
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.8%
59.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.58
Population density (persons per km²)
26 /km²
585 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
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147,466
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
—
9.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
83.1 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
—
5.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
269 /100k
634 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
903 /100k
849 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
217 /100k
205 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.6 /100k
26.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
84.5 /100k
262 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,412 /100k
1,285 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
41 /M
43 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.41
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.34
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.58
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.25
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.067/kWh
€0.130/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.065/kWh
€0.046/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
€1,798/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
35 m
24 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
153 days/yr
28 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr