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 · DEG0K
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Saale-Orla-Kreis (Opportunity 37). Runner-up: Kainuu (22). Contrarian pick: Kainuu — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Saale-Orla-Kreis
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 27) — Kainuu may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Saale-Orla-Kreis · Manufacturing → Saale-Orla-Kreis · Office → Kainuu · Residential → Saale-Orla-Kreis.
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
37.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
47.3
39.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.0
58.1
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
34.0
57.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
63.0
28.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
21.2
27.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.3% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.8% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.5% 5y
5.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€39,382
€36,596
Population density
3 /km²
67 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 87 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,399M
€2,585M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€196M
€128M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€513M
€820M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€261M
€680M
GVA — construction (F)
€194M
€179M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€319M
€324M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€21,800
€25,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
32,600 PPS
32,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,200
€36,200
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)
€343M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€46M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€529M
€363M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€646M
€772M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,391M
€2,390M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€83,825
€58,216
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€675M
€545M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,410
35,850
Self-employed persons
3,170
3,710
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,400
11,480
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%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
31,500
37,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
4,129
2,985
Enterprise births
350
146
Enterprise deaths
388
221
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2.1%
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)
637,043
423,158
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
727 /1k
568 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
913
750
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,637 kt
5,282 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,311
970
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.
163
72
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
39,012
44,890
Population aged 65+
21,766
22,907
Population aged under 15
8,861
9,544
Median age of population
51.0 yrs
52.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
55.8%
51.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-7.5 /1k
-6.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
5.2 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
15.2 /1k
Live births
364
407
Deaths
1,000
1,183
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
78.5%
72.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
3 /km²
68 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
41,416
70,368
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
2.9 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.9 /100k
16.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
110 /100k
286 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,555 /100k
980 /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)
€1,234/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
211 m
445 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
4 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
192 days/yr
78 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr