NUTS-3 SE232 · Sweden
Population
1,772,8212025
GDP
€93,679M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
8.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
28,858 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
SE232 · FI1B1
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Helsinki-Uusimaa (Opportunity 60). Runner-up: Västra Götalands län (57). Contrarian pick: Västra Götalands län — leads the set on Demographic outlook (EU pctl 95).
Why you might not pick Helsinki-Uusimaa
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Västra Götalands län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Västra Götalands län · Manufacturing → Västra Götalands län · Office → Helsinki-Uusimaa · Residential → Helsinki-Uusimaa.
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
56.5
59.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
59.3
72.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.1
66.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
49.0
78.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.3
63.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
94.8
88.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
24.8
26.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
8.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€52,842
€60,874
Population density
61 /km²
187 /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)
€83,897M
€94,887M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€752M
€302M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€21,067M
€14,949M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€19,342M
€11,478M
GVA — construction (F)
€5,232M
€4,868M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€18,574M
€25,389M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
€28,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,400 PPS
51,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,600
€61,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,722M
€26,915M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,348M
€3,360M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€50,417M
€54,689M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€7,714M
€10,083M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4,834M
€9,876M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€19,470M
€26,974M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€18,802M
€22,406M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€87,110M
€95,396M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€106,526
€111,045
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€29,470M
€25,892M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
935,570
997,840
Self-employed persons
41,800
78,690
Employment in manufacturing (C)
120,900
81,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.1%
81.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.7%
22.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.5%
10.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
991,600
989,400
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
137,863
170,958
Enterprise births
11,369
16,911
Enterprise deaths
9,666
16,078
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
6.0%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.6%
3.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.6%
9.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.0%
2.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
50.5%
48.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.9%
43.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
37.9%
30.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.2%
34.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.5%
14.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.4%
99.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
11,383,110
7,319,289
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
466 /1k
542 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
45
7,876
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
68,504 kt
40,744 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
20 km/1000km²
35 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
442
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
18
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,116,302
1,179,539
Population aged 65+
359,559
327,786
Population aged under 15
296,960
274,975
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
40.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
27.8%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
12.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
11.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
7.8 /1k
Live births
17,114
16,163
Deaths
15,083
13,817
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
51.1%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.24
Population density (persons per km²)
74 /km²
195 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,449,552
1,899,420
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
15.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
82.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.7%
10.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
165 /100k
200 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
841 /100k
896 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
203 /100k
209 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
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1.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
46.4 /100k
72.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
638 /100k
114 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,471 /100k
3,042 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
19 /M
16 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.90
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
1.91
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.99
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2.19
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
1.09
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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€3,826/m²
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
2,542 kSEK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
126 m
66 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
97 days/yr
137 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr