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Lappi

Export region data (CSV)

Lappi generates €8.3bn of GDP across 176.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (100th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).

Geometry: GISCO NUTS 2024, EPSG:4326, generalised at 1:3M.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
36.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth32.2
Livability60
Market access3
Economic scale52
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)
51.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability39
Labour stability66
Diversification63
Demographic stability38
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)
23
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density36
Airport access30
Market access3
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)
63
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary30
Lifelong learning94
Knowledge workers72
Scientists & engineers56
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)
100
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.51.9 µg/m³
PM102.8 µg/m³
NO20.7 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)
60
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53
Jobs18
Education74.5
Health54.5
Safety62.3
Connectivity57.5
Environment100
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
32.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.2 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 · 27.6%Diversified · HHI 2169
Agriculture 3.5%Industry 25.8%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.7%Public · health · education 27.6%
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)
€7,217M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€252M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,865M
2024 · EU pctl 55
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€875M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — construction (F)
€446M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,172M
2024 · EU pctl 41
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,800
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 70
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,800
2024 · EU pctl 78
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€13,860M
2023 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,205M
2023 · EU pctl 68 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€24,815M
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€908M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — information & communication (J)
€77M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,494M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,989M
2024 · EU pctl 61
Labour market
Employment, total persons
83,860
2024 · EU pctl 37
Self-employed persons
8,870
2024 · EU pctl 31
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,370
2024 · EU pctl 19
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.6%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
20.9%
2025 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
14,639
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise births
1,271
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise deaths
1,281
2023 · EU pctl 56
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 64
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
6
2012 · EU pctl 31
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
35 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 33
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.8%
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.8%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
39.2%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · 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)
26.7%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.9%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.4%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,440,403
2025 · EU pctl 81
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
727 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · 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.
442
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
251
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
74
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
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)
102,880
2025 · EU pctl 33
Population aged 65+
48,868
2025 · EU pctl 41
Population aged under 15
24,403
2025 · EU pctl 37
Median age of population
47.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 59
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.5%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of total population change
0.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 46
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude death rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 65
Live births
1,236
2024 · EU pctl 34
Deaths
2,224
2024 · EU pctl 36
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
71.2%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.28
2024 · EU pctl 31
Population density (persons per km²)
2 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 0
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.9%
2025 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
337 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
976 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
197 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
79.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,424 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
237 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
217 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
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.
3
2024 · EU pctl 0
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
1
2024 · EU pctl 0
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 86
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