NUTS-3 FI1B1 · Finland
Helsinki-Uusimaa
Export region data (CSV)Helsinki-Uusimaa generates €108bn of GDP across 1.8m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.5/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth26.8
Livability66.1
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)
62
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density51
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)
66.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy85.5
Jobs21.5
Education91
Health75
Safety38.7
Connectivity71.5
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).
All indicators · 72 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
636
2012 · EU pctl 100
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
411 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 94
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
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
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7,411
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
416
CURRENT · EU pctl 51
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 90
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.5%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
233 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7 · 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
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
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