NUTS-3 FI19B · Finland
Pirkanmaa
Export region data (CSV)Pirkanmaa generates €25bn of GDP across 545.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 0.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (90th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (22.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
50.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34.2
Livability58.5
Market access24
Economic scale85
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)
72.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability63
Labour stability71
Diversification63
Demographic stability92
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density71
Airport access71
Market access24
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)
89.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.2 µg/m³
PM109.8 µg/m³
NO28.5 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)
58.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53
Jobs22.5
Education80
Health68.5
Safety22.7
Connectivity73
Environment90
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
34.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 25.9%Diversified · HHI 2169
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 22%Construction 5.8%Trade · transport · ICT 20.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.9%Public · health · education 23.8%
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).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€21,604M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€498M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — industry (B–E)
€4,749M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,881M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — construction (F)
€1,243M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,379M
2024 · EU pctl 84
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)
37,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 66
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,500
2024 · EU pctl 76
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)
€2,925M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,536M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,591M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,145M
2024 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
251,780
2024 · EU pctl 81
Self-employed persons
24,800
2024 · EU pctl 64
Employment in manufacturing (C)
37,740
2024 · EU pctl 79
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)
42,371
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise births
3,993
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise deaths
3,692
2023 · EU pctl 81
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 79
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
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)
1,845,161
2025 · EU pctl 68
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.
3,440
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
631
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
34
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
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)
345,627
2025 · EU pctl 80
Population aged 65+
122,231
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged under 15
77,548
2025 · EU pctl 79
Median age of population
42.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 12
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.4%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of total population change
11.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Live births
4,415
2024 · EU pctl 82
Deaths
5,450
2024 · EU pctl 78
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.8%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
39 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 12
Social
Life expectancy at birth
82.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
305 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 22 · 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
2.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
39.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
121 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,173 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
41 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
104 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 29
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
148 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 6
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 23
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 47
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