NUTS-3 SE332 · Sweden
Population
248,6202025
GDP
€13,486M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.3%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
105,914.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
SE332 · SE321
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Västernorrlands län (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Norrbottens län (36). Contrarian pick: Norrbottens län — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 98).
Strengths
Labour market (97) · Energy cost (97)
Red flags
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Freight intensity (98) · Energy cost (97)
Red flags
Growth momentum (EU bottom 15%)
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Västernorrlands län
Connectivity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Connectivity (EU pctl 7) — Norrbottens län may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Västernorrlands län 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
36.2
42.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
43.8
48.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.0
56.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
38.5
49.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
14.0
7.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
85.3
75.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
11.8
41.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.5% 5y
2.8% 5y
Population
0.1% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.1% 5y
4.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€54,242
€50,244
Population density
2 /km²
10 /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)
€12,077M
€10,865M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€241M
€425M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,332M
€2,804M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€902M
€1,934M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,283M
€757M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,051M
€2,204M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€22,600
€22,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
45,600 PPS
42,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€53,900
€49,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,790M
€4,434M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€2,262M
€686M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,254M
€7,806M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€710M
€736M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€320M
€474M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,074M
€1,865M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,098M
€2,811M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,002M
€11,185M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,944
€105,770
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,813M
€3,350M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,160
122,020
Self-employed persons
5,300
7,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,600
14,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
83.6%
84.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
23.2%
19.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.2%
6.5%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
129,200
129,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,898
16,894
Enterprise births
1,387
1,257
Enterprise deaths
1,001
1,210
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.8%
4.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.3%
1.1%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.7%
3.7%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
48.3%
41.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.4%
39.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
34.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
30.2%
29.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
12.1%
10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.9%
98.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,879,860
1,427,320
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
536 /1k
555 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,655 kt
12,337 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
22
16
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
9
7
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
0 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
86
154
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)
148,541
142,373
Population aged 65+
62,919
61,269
Population aged under 15
37,160
37,816
Median age of population
44.9 yrs
45.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.4%
43.0%
Crude rate of total population change
0.6 /1k
-2.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.2 /1k
1.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.9 /1k
7.4 /1k
Crude death rate
11.6 /1k
11.9 /1k
Live births
1,962
1,786
Deaths
2,872
2,867
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.4%
69.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
1.39
Population density (persons per km²)
3 /km²
11 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
252,726
262,690
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.5%
19.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.7 yrs
82.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.5%
16.8%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
198 /100k
205 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
949 /100k
950 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
202 /100k
211 /100k
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.3 /100k
19.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
326 /100k
391 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,598 /100k
1,496 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
29 /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)
1,411 kSEK
945 kSEK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
534 m
109 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
1 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
224 days/yr
174 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr