NUTS-3 FI19A · Finland
Pohjanmaa
Pohjanmaa generates €9.1bn of GDP across 178.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (83.7th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (22.5th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost99
Industrial base90
Air quality83
Economic base78
Digital readiness75
Talent & skills72
Freight intensity64
Resilience64
Cost advantage60
Quality of life60
Connectivity46
Labour market36
Growth momentum31
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
38
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.6
Livability59.5
Market access7
Economic scale55
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
63.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability74
Labour stability71
Diversification45
Demographic stability64
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density40
Airport access92
Market access7
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
71.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary36
Lifelong learning96
Knowledge workers82
Scientists & engineers72
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
83
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.1 µg/m³
PM1011.3 µg/m³
NO29.7 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
59.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59
Jobs22.5
Education80
Health68.5
Safety45
Connectivity57.5
Environment83.7
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
30.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.5 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Industry · 34.7%Diversified · HHI 2282
Agriculture 4.8%Industry 34.7%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 13.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.5%Public · health · education 20.6%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€9,072M2024
4.2% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Population
178,7492025
0.6% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 36
Employment
87,5202024
0.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 39
Gross value added
€7,934M2024
4.1% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Dwelling price
€1,798/m²2025
0.8% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
All indicators · 75 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,934M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€384M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,751M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,487M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — construction (F)
€497M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,037M
2024 · EU pctl 37
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,800
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 78
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€50,900
2024 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€13,845M
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,726M
2023 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€29,084M
2023 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€871M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — information & communication (J)
€275M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,627M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,638M
2024 · EU pctl 53
Labour market
Employment, total persons
87,520
2024 · EU pctl 39
Self-employed persons
9,400
2024 · EU pctl 33
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,470
2024 · EU pctl 59
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.0%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
22.0%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
13,686
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise births
1,084
2023 · EU pctl 46
Enterprise deaths
994
2023 · EU pctl 50
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 63
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.5%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
36.0%
2025 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
27.0%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.3%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.9%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
408,031
2025 · EU pctl 27
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
729 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
526
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,272 kt
2025 · EU pctl 45
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
2 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
294
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
15
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
107,813
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged 65+
42,280
2025 · EU pctl 35
Population aged under 15
28,656
2025 · EU pctl 43
Median age of population
42.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 15
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.2%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Live births
1,508
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
1,793
2024 · EU pctl 28
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.8%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
26 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 6
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
269 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
903 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
217 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
84.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,412 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.067/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 1
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.065/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 97
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
€1,798/m²
2025 · EU pctl 76
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
35 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
153 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 13
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.9%
2021 · EU pctl 73
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