NUTS-3 SE221 · Sweden
Population
157,2232025
GDP
€7,269M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
10.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,043.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
SE221 · DEB18
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Neuwied (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Blekinge län (42). Contrarian pick: Blekinge län — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 97).
#1Neuwied
Strengths
Industrial base (91) · Labour market (80)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Energy cost (97) · Demographic outlook (95)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Neuwied
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 13) — Blekinge län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Neuwied · Manufacturing → Blekinge län · Office → Blekinge län · Residential → Blekinge 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
41.6
62.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
36.8
59.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
58.6
56.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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39.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
12.3
75.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.0
21.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
39.6
54.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.2% 5y
1.1% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.0% 5y
10.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€46,234
€40,379
Population density
52 /km²
304 /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)
€6,510M
€6,973M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€117M
€41M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,262M
€2,438M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,994M
€2,221M
GVA — construction (F)
€362M
€430M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,057M
€1,143M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,800
€27,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,700 PPS
36,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,900
€40,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,793M
€13,756M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,969M
€2,010M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,013M
€33,032M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€409M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€368M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€821M
€1,427M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,891M
€1,493M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,732M
€6,505M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€103,245
€88,751
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,864M
€1,667M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,900
90,490
Self-employed persons
3,700
8,160
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,700
20,890
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.4%
81.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
10.1%
2.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
81,800
99,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,541
7,114
Enterprise births
783
613
Enterprise deaths
650
649
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.7%
1.0%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
52.2%
28.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.9%
31.2%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
37.9%
8.0%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
35.4%
18.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.8%
7.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
994,903
332,387
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
461 /1k
660 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,979 kt
5,761 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7
1,101
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
582
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
28 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
141
40
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
93,315
116,647
Population aged 65+
39,165
44,685
Population aged under 15
24,743
27,729
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
46.7 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.0%
38.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.8 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.8 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
8.3 /1k
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
1,161
1,567
Deaths
1,783
2,448
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.5%
62.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
1.51
Population density (persons per km²)
54 /km²
305 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
183,953
157,785
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.4%
19.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
80.9 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.8%
12.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
183 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
868 /100k
1,059 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
213 /100k
242 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
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0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.8 /100k
24.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
901 /100k
172 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,208 /100k
804 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
18 /M
39 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
1,368 kSEK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
49 m
336 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
58 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr