NUTS-3 FI1B1 · Finland
Helsinki-Uusimaa
Helsinki-Uusimaa generates €108bn of GDP across 1.8m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +2.6%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate down 1.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (91th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (21.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader90 → 91 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost99
Governance98
Digital readiness92
Economic base90
Talent & skills88
Demographic outlook87
Air quality79
Resilience72
Quality of life66
Connectivity63
Labour market37
Freight intensity36
Industrial base29
Growth momentum27
Cost advantage19
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)
59.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth26.8
Livability66.4
Market access46
Economic scale99
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 stability98
Labour stability63
Diversification34
Demographic stability94
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)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density55
Airport access89
Market access46
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)
88.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary61
Lifelong learning98
Knowledge workers96
Scientists & engineers98
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)
78.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.3 µg/m³
PM1011.5 µg/m³
NO211.1 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)
66.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy85.5
Jobs21.5
Education91
Health75
Safety38.7
Connectivity73.5
Environment79.3
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
26.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
-1.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+3.4 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. · 28.4%Diversified · HHI 2356
Agriculture 0.3%Industry 15.8%Construction 5.1%Trade · transport · ICT 26.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 28.4%Public · health · education 23.6%
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)
€108,496M2024
0.0% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€95,396M2025
0.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Population
1,782,3002025
1.3% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Unemployment rate
10.6%2025
19.1% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Employment
997,8402024
0.9% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Productivity / employee
€111,0452025
2.1% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Gross value added
€94,887M2024
0.1% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Dwelling price
€3,826/m²2025
1.6% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
All indicators · 90 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€94,887M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€302M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — industry (B–E)
€14,949M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€11,478M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — construction (F)
€4,868M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€25,389M
2024 · EU pctl 98
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,900
2023 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
51,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 90
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,300
2024 · EU pctl 93
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€26,915M
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,360M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€54,689M
2023 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€10,083M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — information & communication (J)
€9,876M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€26,974M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€22,406M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€95,396M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€111,045
2025 · EU pctl 89
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€25,892M
2025 · EU pctl 98
Labour market
Employment, total persons
997,840
2024 · EU pctl 98
Self-employed persons
78,690
2024 · EU pctl 94
Employment in manufacturing (C)
81,400
2024 · EU pctl 97
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.1%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
22.9%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
10.6%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
989,400
2025 · EU pctl 99
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
170,958
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise births
16,911
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise deaths
16,078
2023 · EU pctl 98
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.0%
2023 · EU pctl 88
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
9.9%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.9%
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
48.1%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
43.4%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
30.8%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
34.6%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.3%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.0%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,319,289
2025 · EU pctl 92
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
542 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
40,744 kt
2025 · EU pctl 98
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7,876
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
442
CURRENT · EU pctl 55
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
35 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
18
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
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)
1,179,539
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged 65+
327,786
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged under 15
274,975
2025 · EU pctl 98
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 5
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
27.8%
2025 · EU pctl 7
Crude rate of total population change
12.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
16,163
2024 · EU pctl 98
Deaths
13,817
2024 · EU pctl 98
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.1%
2025 · EU pctl 8
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
195 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 64
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,899,420
2100 · EU pctl 98
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
896 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
209 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
72.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
114 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,042 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
16 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.90
2022 · EU pctl 94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
2022 · EU pctl 98
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.99
2022 · EU pctl 98
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.19
2022 · EU pctl 98
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.09
2022 · EU pctl 99
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)
€3,826/m²
2025 · EU pctl 100
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
66 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
137 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 15
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 41
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 41
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
135 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 92
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.5%
2021 · EU pctl 30
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