NUTS-3 SE212 · Sweden
Population
203,3512025
GDP
€10,199M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
83.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
9,423.8 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SE212 · FI19A
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kronobergs län (Opportunity 46). Runner-up: Pohjanmaa (38). Contrarian pick: Pohjanmaa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Energy cost (97) · Demographic outlook (95)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Kronobergs län
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Connectivity (EU pctl 14) — Pohjanmaa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kronobergs län · Manufacturing → Kronobergs län · Office → Pohjanmaa · Residential → Kronobergs län.
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
46.1
38.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
53.0
63.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.8
59.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
79.0
83.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
14.3
46.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
77.3
71.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
36.6
30.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.0% 5y
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Population
0.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
5.1% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€50,154
€50,754
Population density
22 /km²
24 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 91 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,134M
€7,934M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€265M
€384M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,057M
€2,751M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,916M
€2,487M
GVA — construction (F)
€533M
€497M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,369M
€1,037M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,000
€22,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,100 PPS
42,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,800
€50,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,919M
€13,845M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,769M
€2,726M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€18,774M
€29,084M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€547M
€871M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€568M
€275M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,836M
€1,627M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,074M
€1,638M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€9,317M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,952
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,567M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
107,480
87,520
Self-employed persons
6,600
9,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
19,100
21,470
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
80.0%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
22.1%
22.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
109,300
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,507
13,686
Enterprise births
1,096
1,084
Enterprise deaths
864
994
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
4.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.4%
3.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
4.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.8%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.6%
41.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
45.1%
36.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.5%
27.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
28.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.4%
10.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
93.0%
96.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
893,111
408,031
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
530 /1k
729 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,616 kt
6,272 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
8
526
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
6 km/1000km²
2 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
294
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
154
15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
123,396
107,813
Population aged 65+
44,823
42,280
Population aged under 15
35,132
28,656
Median age of population
41.5 yrs
42.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
39.2%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.6 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.5 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
1,836
1,508
Deaths
1,859
1,793
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.8%
65.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
26 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
240,123
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
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Life expectancy at birth ·N2
84.0 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.5%
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Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
200 /100k
269 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
819 /100k
903 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
199 /100k
217 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
—
0.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
32.4 /100k
23.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
660 /100k
84.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,858 /100k
1,412 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
32 /M
41 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
€0.067/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
€0.065/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
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€1,798/m²
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
1,656 kSEK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
191 m
35 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
153 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
2 days/yr