NUTS-3 SE224 · Sweden
Population
1,428,6262025
GDP
€64,848M2024
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
11,374.1 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
SE224 · SE232
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Skåne län (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Västra Götalands län (57). Contrarian pick: Västra Götalands län — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 95).
Why you might not pick Skåne län
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 23) — Västra Götalands län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Skåne län · Manufacturing → Västra Götalands län · Office → Skåne län · Residential → Skåne 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
61.7
56.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
60.8
59.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.7
62.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
75.0
49.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
39.7
25.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
93.0
94.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
42.0
24.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
2.1% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.8% 5y
2.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€45,392
€52,842
Population density
126 /km²
61 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€58,076M
€83,897M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,472M
€752M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,279M
€21,067M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,328M
€19,342M
GVA — construction (F)
€3,568M
€5,232M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€16,282M
€18,574M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,800
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,200 PPS
44,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,200
€52,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,793M
€30,722M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,969M
€7,348M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€34,013M
€50,417M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,651M
€7,714M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,521M
€4,834M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€13,515M
€19,470M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€14,960M
€18,802M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€60,052M
€87,110M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,700
€106,526
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,630M
€29,470M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
685,100
935,570
Self-employed persons
39,900
41,800
Employment in manufacturing (C)
60,800
120,900
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.4%
84.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
24.7%
21.7%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
10.2%
8.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
785,000
991,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
112,972
137,863
Enterprise births
9,748
11,369
Enterprise deaths
8,239
9,666
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
5.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
3.7%
5.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.4%
6.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
3.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
52.2%
50.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.9%
52.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
37.9%
37.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
35.4%
33.2%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.8%
14.5%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
96.5%
97.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,811,018
11,383,110
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
461 /1k
466 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
52,531 kt
68,504 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
70
45
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
3
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
28 km/1000km²
20 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
79
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
895,038
1,116,302
Population aged 65+
286,963
359,559
Population aged under 15
246,625
296,960
Median age of population
40.7 yrs
40.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
32.2%
Crude rate of total population change
4.8 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.9 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
9.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
8.5 /1k
Live births
13,521
17,114
Deaths
12,200
15,083
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
58.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.45
Population density (persons per km²)
130 /km²
74 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,009,510
2,449,552
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.4%
16.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
17.8%
14.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
183 /100k
165 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
868 /100k
841 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
213 /100k
203 /100k
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
61.3 /100k
46.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
623 /100k
638 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,030 /100k
2,471 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
18 /M
19 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.91
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
1.62
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.74
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2.03
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
0.94
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
€0.085/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
€0.073/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
2,230 kSEK
2,542 kSEK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
75 m
126 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
97 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr