NUTS-3 FI1C5 · Finland
Etelä-Karjala
Etelä-Karjala generates €5.0bn of GDP across 125.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 24.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +0.2%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 0.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (94th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable73 → 67 EU percentile since 1995 (-6 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
Freight intensity97
Air quality94
Digital readiness74
Talent & skills64
Quality of life57
Connectivity57
Industrial base56
Cost advantage53
Economic base52
Resilience49
Labour market29
Demographic outlook10
Growth momentum7
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)
24.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth6.8
Livability56.9
Market access4
Economic scale31
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)
48.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability27
Labour stability73
Diversification70
Demographic stability24
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)
56.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access78
Market access4
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
94
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.9 µg/m³
PM109.3 µg/m³
NO25.6 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)
56.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy49.5
Jobs18.5
Education65.5
Health59.5
Safety30
Connectivity81
Environment94
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
6.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+0.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.4%
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: Public · health · education · 27.3%Diversified · HHI 2137
Agriculture 4.8%Industry 23.4%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 15.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.6%Public · health · education 27.3%
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)
€5,029M2024
6.5% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€4,415M2025
0.2% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Population
125,0832025
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Unemployment rate
9.4%2025
6.8% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Employment
52,1902024
1.0% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 18
Productivity / employee
€98,4162025
2.1% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Gross value added
€4,398M2024
6.4% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
Dwelling price
€1,354/m²2025
3.6% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,398M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€212M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,028M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€822M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — construction (F)
€250M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€666M
2024 · EU pctl 23
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)
33,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,200
2024 · EU pctl 65
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)
€686M
2024 · EU pctl 41
GVA — information & communication (J)
€142M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,040M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,202M
2024 · EU pctl 39
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€4,415M
2025 · EU pctl 32
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,416
2025 · EU pctl 79
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€860M
2025 · EU pctl 21
Labour market
Employment, total persons
52,190
2024 · EU pctl 18
Self-employed persons
4,960
2024 · EU pctl 13
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,780
2024 · EU pctl 25
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
60,400
2025 · EU pctl 21
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,778
2023 · EU pctl 32
Enterprise births
581
2023 · EU pctl 29
Enterprise deaths
728
2023 · EU pctl 40
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71
Innovation & R&D
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 54 · 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)
555,608
2025 · EU pctl 35
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.
1,077
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,556 kt
2025 · EU pctl 58
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
861
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
11 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
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)
73,132
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged 65+
36,795
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged under 15
15,156
2025 · EU pctl 18
Median age of population
49.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 79
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.3%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude birth rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
682
2024 · EU pctl 13
Deaths
1,642
2024 · EU pctl 25
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.0%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.14
2024 · EU pctl 13
Population density (persons per km²)
24 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 5
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
81,225
2100 · EU pctl 13
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
256 /100k
2024 · 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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
42.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
116 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,025 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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)
€1,354/m²
2025 · EU pctl 24
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
73 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
147 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 4
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 10
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
28.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 49
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
9.5%
2021 · EU pctl 86
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