NUTS-3 FI1D5 · Finland
Population
67,7232025
GDP
€2,974M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
9%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,217.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FI1D5 · DEG05
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 38). Runner-up: Keski-Pohjanmaa (23). Contrarian pick: Keski-Pohjanmaa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Labour market (67) · Connectivity (63)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 2) — Keski-Pohjanmaa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Keski-Pohjanmaa · Manufacturing → Keski-Pohjanmaa · Office → Keski-Pohjanmaa · Residential → Weimar, Kreisfreie Stadt.
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
22.7
38.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
56.0
48.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
50.3
50.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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50.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
5.0
62.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
63.0
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
22.6
38.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.0% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
10.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,910
€36,934
Population density
13 /km²
785 /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)
€2,601M
€2,225M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€147M
€3M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€668M
€268M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€590M
€209M
GVA — construction (F)
€159M
€66M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€473M
€323M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,800
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,500 PPS
33,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,900
€37,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,860M
€14,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,205M
€3,167M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€24,815M
€42,299M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€331M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€85M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€507M
€546M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€647M
€1,020M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,592M
€2,057M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€97,485
€130,668
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€732M
€469M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
31,150
34,940
Self-employed persons
3,530
3,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,270
2,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
80.5%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.9%
7.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.9%
3.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
31,500
33,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,851
2,396
Enterprise births
337
150
Enterprise deaths
342
211
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
2.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
2.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.8%
4.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.2%
30.4%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.5%
35.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
8.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.7%
19.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.9%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.4%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
144,548
758,113
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
727 /1k
568 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
3,678 kt
371 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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294
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
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446
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
1 km/1000km²
32 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
134
26
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
38,981
41,065
Population aged 65+
16,921
16,294
Population aged under 15
11,821
8,595
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
43.4%
39.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.2 /1k
6.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.7 /1k
13.4 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.8 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
598
386
Deaths
726
838
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.7%
60.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.72
0.97
Population density (persons per km²)
14 /km²
783 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
48,374
60,666
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.9%
23.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.7 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.2%
17.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
283 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
976 /100k
1,212 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
197 /100k
228 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
3.0 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
58.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
70.9 /100k
536 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,051 /100k
1,853 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
46 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.90
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.99
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.19
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.09
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.067/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.065/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
€1,705/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
132 m
224 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
175 days/yr
61 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr