NUTS-3 FI1C2 · Finland
Population
169,4552025
GDP
€7,005M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.8%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,695.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FI1C2 · FI1DC
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kanta-Häme (Opportunity 35). Runner-up: Pohjois-Karjala (30). Contrarian pick: Pohjois-Karjala — leads the set on Digital readiness (EU pctl 79).
Why you might not pick Kanta-Häme
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 8) — Pohjois-Karjala may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kanta-Häme · Manufacturing → Kanta-Häme · Office → Pohjois-Karjala · Residential → Pohjois-Karjala.
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
35.4
30.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.5
55.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.7
56.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
53.3
34.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
64.0
63.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
15.0
20.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
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Population
0.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.3% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€41,341
€38,913
Population density
30 /km²
7 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,127M
€5,516M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€247M
€442M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,397M
€1,139M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,185M
€974M
GVA — construction (F)
€337M
€276M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€938M
€775M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,700
€21,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,400 PPS
32,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,300
€38,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,779M
€13,860M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,548M
€3,205M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€22,877M
€24,815M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€954M
€901M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€104M
€139M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,619M
€1,314M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,589M
€1,570M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,150M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,284
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,198M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,530
66,290
Self-employed persons
8,430
7,380
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,500
10,190
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
79.3%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.8%
20.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.5%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
82,300
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,155
9,971
Enterprise births
939
793
Enterprise deaths
1,080
862
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
4.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.6%
4.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.0%
39.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.8%
34.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
26.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.8%
26.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.1%
8.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.6%
97.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
391,415
515,720
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
710 /1k
727 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,431
1,614
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,959 kt
7,065 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
11 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
845
996
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
125
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)
99,699
94,062
Population aged 65+
46,673
47,351
Population aged under 15
23,083
20,678
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
47.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.8%
50.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
-1.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
5.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
6.0 /1k
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
13.2 /1k
Live births
1,048
974
Deaths
1,992
2,139
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.0%
72.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
1.11
Population density (persons per km²)
33 /km²
8 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
101,008
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.2%
17.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.9 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.7%
15.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
256 /100k
283 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
944 /100k
976 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
209 /100k
197 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
30.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.5 /100k
121 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,828 /100k
1,614 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
38 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.90
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.99
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.19
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.09
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.067/kWh
€0.067/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.065/kWh
€0.065/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
€1,532/m²
€1,502/m²
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
127 m
105 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
150 days/yr
173 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr