NUTS-3 FI1C2 · Finland
Kanta-Häme
Export region data (CSV)Kanta-Häme generates €7.0bn of GDP across 169.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 35.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +3.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (80th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
35.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth15
Livability51.6
Market access30
Economic scale45
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability51
Labour stability73
Diversification63
Demographic stability34
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)
53
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density86
Airport access43
Market access30
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary31
Lifelong learning94
Knowledge workers73
Scientists & engineers58
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
51.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy51
Jobs18.5
Education65.5
Health59.5
Safety35
Connectivity80
Environment—
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
15
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
0.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.9 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. · 26.4%Diversified · HHI 2172
Agriculture 4%Industry 22.8%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 15.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.4%Public · health · education 25.9%
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)
€6,127M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€247M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,397M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,185M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — construction (F)
€337M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€938M
2024 · EU pctl 33
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,700
2023 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 55
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€41,300
2024 · EU pctl 67
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,779M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,548M
2023 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€22,877M
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€954M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — information & communication (J)
€104M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,619M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,589M
2024 · EU pctl 52
Labour market
Employment, total persons
77,530
2024 · EU pctl 34
Self-employed persons
8,430
2024 · EU pctl 30
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,500
2024 · EU pctl 34
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
79.3%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
20.8%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,155
2023 · EU pctl 46
Enterprise births
939
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise deaths
1,080
2023 · EU pctl 52
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 70
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
23
2012 · EU pctl 59
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
131 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 61
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.6%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
39.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.8%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
26.4%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.8%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.1%
2025 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.6%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
391,415
2025 · EU pctl 26
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
710 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 92 · 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.
1,412
CURRENT · EU pctl 67
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
833
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
61
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
99,699
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged 65+
46,673
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged under 15
23,083
2025 · EU pctl 34
Median age of population
48.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 69
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.8%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
-0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude birth rate
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude death rate
11.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 53
Live births
1,048
2024 · EU pctl 26
Deaths
1,992
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
70.0%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.24
2024 · EU pctl 25
Population density (persons per km²)
33 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 9
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.2%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.9 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
255 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
944 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
209 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 24 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
21.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
95.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,828 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
127 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
150 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
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