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
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SE232 · FRG01
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Loire-Atlantique (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Västra Götalands län (57). Contrarian pick: Västra Götalands län — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 97).
Why you might not pick Loire-Atlantique
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 20) — Västra Götalands län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Loire-Atlantique leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
61.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
59.3
69.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
62.1
55.8
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
49.0
75.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
25.3
32.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
94.8
72.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
24.8
51.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
2.0% 5y
Population
0.5% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.3% 5y
0.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€52,842
€42,396
Population density
61 /km²
218 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
1,040
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
213
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€83,897M
€57,247M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€752M
€568M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€21,067M
€7,262M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€19,342M
€5,651M
GVA — construction (F)
€5,232M
€3,672M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€18,574M
€13,266M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€23,600
€23,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,400 PPS
39,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,600
€42,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€30,722M
€32,580M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€7,348M
€4,197M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€50,417M
€79,082M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€7,714M
€7,791M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4,834M
€4,589M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€19,470M
€18,985M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€18,802M
€13,495M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€87,110M
€57,518M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€106,526
€89,045
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€29,470M
€14,348M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
935,570
733,000
Self-employed persons
41,800
75,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
120,900
74,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.1%
77.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
21.7%
16.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.5%
6.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
991,600
732,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
137,863
109,013
Enterprise births
11,369
15,002
Enterprise deaths
9,666
11,547
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
6.9%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
5.6%
1.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
6.6%
3.5%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.0%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
50.5%
42.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.9%
54.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
37.9%
16.8%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
33.2%
26.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.5%
8.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.4%
94.3%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
11,383,110
8,335,347
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
466 /1k
611 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
68,504 kt
37,222 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
45
6,383
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
423
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
20 km/1000km²
23 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
226
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,116,302
949,836
Population aged 65+
359,559
301,089
Population aged under 15
296,960
259,674
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
40.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
7.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
9.7 /1k
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
8.3 /1k
Live births
17,114
14,582
Deaths
15,083
12,467
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
59.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
1.54
Population density (persons per km²)
74 /km²
220 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,449,552
1,828,155
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
16.9%
15.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.7 yrs
83.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
14.7%
11.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
165 /100k
450 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
841 /100k
799 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
203 /100k
223 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
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0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
46.4 /100k
78.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
638 /100k
609 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,471 /100k
2,104 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
19 /M
47 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Housing market
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
86 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
9 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
97 days/yr
13 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
4 days/yr