NUTS-3 SE331 · Sweden
Population
281,1382025
GDP
€13,640M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
59,253.6 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SE331 · SE125
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Västmanlands län (Opportunity 44). Runner-up: Västerbottens län (42). Contrarian pick: Västerbottens län — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Energy cost (97)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Västmanlands län
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 26) — Västerbottens län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Västerbottens län · Manufacturing → Västerbottens län · Office → Västerbottens län · Residential → Västmanlands 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
42.0
44.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
57.5
56.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.0
53.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
46.3
58.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
6.3
39.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.3
92.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
33.8
25.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.9% 5y
0.7% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.8% 5y
0.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€48,517
€40,210
Population density
5 /km²
49 /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)
€12,216M
€10,125M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€281M
€149M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,191M
€2,320M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,087M
€2,065M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,010M
€784M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,067M
€1,899M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,600
€22,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,900 PPS
33,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,400
€40,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,790M
€19,140M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,262M
€3,614M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,254M
€37,294M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€712M
€917M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€477M
€260M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,452M
€2,208M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,215M
€2,765M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,139M
€10,538M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€96,621
€89,578
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,868M
€2,932M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,180
134,270
Self-employed persons
8,700
5,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,200
23,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
82.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.2%
28.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.2%
9.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
152,200
147,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,721
17,669
Enterprise births
1,412
1,510
Enterprise deaths
1,369
1,129
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
4.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
6.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
2.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
48.3%
46.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
50.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
38.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
30.2%
33.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.1%
13.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
94.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,833,147
983,247
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
536 /1k
474 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
22,407 kt
13,739 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
12
5
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
2
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
16 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
165
28
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
174,934
170,602
Population aged 65+
60,934
62,668
Population aged under 15
45,270
47,888
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
42.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.8%
36.7%
Crude rate of total population change
8.6 /1k
1.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.0 /1k
2.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.9 /1k
Crude death rate
9.9 /1k
9.7 /1k
Live births
2,394
2,514
Deaths
2,783
2,732
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
64.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
1.48
Population density (persons per km²)
5 /km²
55 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
324,278
336,631
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.5%
20.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
83.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.5%
17.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
198 /100k
185 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
949 /100k
859 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
202 /100k
207 /100k
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.1 /100k
44.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
262 /100k
777 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,798 /100k
2,554 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
23 /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)
1,765 kSEK
1,312 kSEK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
368 m
58 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
197 days/yr
121 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr