NUTS-3 FI200 · Finland
Population
30,6542025
GDP
€1,633M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
—
Employment· NUTS-2 source
85.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
1,448.3 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
FI200 · DEB37
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 45). Runner-up: Åland (29). Contrarian pick: Åland — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 99).
#2Åland
Strengths
Labour market (99) · Energy cost (99)
Red flags
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 17) — Åland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt · Manufacturing → Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt · Office → Pirmasens, Kreisfreie Stadt · Residential → Åland.
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
28.7
45.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
44.3
61.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
61.1
68.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
66.5
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
18.3
67.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
—
57.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
28.8
30.4
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.6% 5y
0.2% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
12.9% 5y
9.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€53,271
€47,070
Population density
21 /km²
650 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,428M
€1,710M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€38M
€4M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€143M
€399M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€95M
€334M
GVA — construction (F)
€82M
€76M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€469M
€363M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€27,700
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,400 PPS
42,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€53,400
€47,400
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€280M
€20,699M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€17M
€4,472M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€835M
€49,098M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€171M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€61M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€360M
€365M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€336M
€502M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,416M
€1,590M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,767
€75,513
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€269M
€402M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,170
25,960
Self-employed persons
2,050
2,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,250
4,780
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.3%
81.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.9%
3.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
15,700
20,800
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,815
1,653
Enterprise births
281
115
Enterprise deaths
289
127
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
3.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.5%
5.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
—
6.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
2.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
32.9%
36.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
—
41.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
27.1%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
23.8%
25.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
—
9.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
395,033
96,579
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
867 /1k
621 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
19
278
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25 kt
1,133 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
62
699
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
—
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
58
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)
18,283
24,324
Population aged 65+
7,519
10,143
Population aged under 15
4,852
5,294
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
47.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.1%
41.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
13.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
17.5 /1k
Live births
218
333
Deaths
309
696
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.7%
63.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
650 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
44,077
34,363
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
—
23.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.3 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
—
16.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
216 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
755 /100k
1,015 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
185 /100k
231 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
6.5 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.5 /100k
91.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
78.6 /100k
374 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
864 /100k
1,781 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
0 /M
25 /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
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
405 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
62 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr