NUTS-3 FI1D8 · Finland
Population
69,6392025
GDP
€2,743M2024
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
22,681.5 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
FI1D8 · DE40F
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Prignitz (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Kainuu (22). Contrarian pick: Kainuu — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
#1Prignitz
Strengths
Freight intensity (95) · Air quality (76)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Prignitz
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 14) — Kainuu may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Prignitz · Manufacturing → Prignitz · Office → Kainuu · Residential → Prignitz.
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
21.6
43.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
47.3
48.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.0
62.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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76.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
34.0
51.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
63.0
27.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
21.2
48.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.5% 5y
4.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,382
€36,303
Population density
3 /km²
35 /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)
€2,399M
€2,507M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€196M
€136M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€513M
€769M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€261M
€427M
GVA — construction (F)
€194M
€149M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€319M
€359M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,800
€26,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,600 PPS
32,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,200
€36,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€13,860M
€23,042M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,205M
€2,607M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€24,815M
€47,281M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€343M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€46M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€529M
€458M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€646M
€636M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,391M
€2,201M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,825
€83,677
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€675M
€672M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,410
34,620
Self-employed persons
3,170
3,770
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,400
6,530
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.6%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.9%
7.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.9%
3.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
31,500
36,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,129
2,620
Enterprise births
350
182
Enterprise deaths
388
229
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.8%
1.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.8%
4.1%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
0.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.2%
32.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
34.5%
31.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
26.4%
6.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.7%
21.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
8.9%
7.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.4%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
637,043
310,865
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
727 /1k
584 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,637 kt
4,731 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
913
1,081
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
1 km/1000km²
28 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,311
1,430
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
163
136
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
39,012
43,828
Population aged 65+
21,766
22,811
Population aged under 15
8,861
8,956
Median age of population
51.0 yrs
53.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
55.8%
52.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.5 /1k
-7.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.2 /1k
5.5 /1k
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
16.6 /1k
Live births
364
418
Deaths
1,000
1,263
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.5%
72.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
3 /km²
36 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
41,416
60,159
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.9%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.7 yrs
81.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.2%
14.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
283 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
976 /100k
1,113 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
197 /100k
245 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.9 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.9 /100k
26.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
110 /100k
252 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,555 /100k
963 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
38 /M
45 /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)
€1,234/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
211 m
51 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
192 days/yr
58 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
1 days/yr