NUTS-3 FI1C6 · Finland
Päijät-Häme
Export region data (CSV)Päijät-Häme generates €7.7bn of GDP across 204.6k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 33.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.4%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (84th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
33.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth10.8
Livability54.7
Market access21
Economic scale49
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability68
Labour stability73
Diversification77
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)
41.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access10
Market access21
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)
80
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.7 µg/m³
PM1011.7 µg/m³
NO210.7 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)
54.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44.5
Jobs18.5
Education65.5
Health59.5
Safety30.3
Connectivity84
Environment80.3
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
10.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.5 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. · 25%Diversified · HHI 2098
Agriculture 4%Industry 23.3%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 25%Public · health · education 24.2%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,715M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€270M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,565M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,327M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — construction (F)
€444M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,135M
2024 · EU pctl 40
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)
31,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 42
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€37,500
2024 · EU pctl 57
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)
€1,087M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — information & communication (J)
€196M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,676M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,625M
2024 · EU pctl 53
Labour market
Employment, total persons
84,460
2024 · EU pctl 37
Self-employed persons
9,590
2024 · EU pctl 34
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,020
2024 · EU pctl 44
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)
14,445
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise births
1,149
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise deaths
1,237
2023 · EU pctl 55
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
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
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)
658,125
2025 · EU pctl 40
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.
2,256
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,103
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
111
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
119,134
2025 · EU pctl 39
Population aged 65+
58,515
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
26,986
2025 · EU pctl 40
Median age of population
48.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 72
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
49.1%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of total population change
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude birth rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
1,286
2024 · EU pctl 36
Deaths
2,676
2024 · EU pctl 44
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.8%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.22
2024 · EU pctl 23
Population density (persons per km²)
32 /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
2.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
46.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
90.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,665 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
77 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
141 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.
12
2024 · EU pctl 17
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 39
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 54
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