NUTS-3 FI1D9 · Finland
Pohjois-Pohjanmaa
Export region data (CSV)Pohjois-Pohjanmaa generates €18bn of GDP across 418.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (91th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.8
Livability54.2
Market access8
Economic scale79
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)
65.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability58
Labour stability66
Diversification77
Demographic stability61
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)
37.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density49
Airport access55
Market access8
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)
90.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.4 µg/m³
PM1010 µg/m³
NO27.7 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)
54.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy49.5
Jobs18
Education74.5
Health54.5
Safety28
Connectivity64
Environment91
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
40.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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 · 25.8%Diversified · HHI 2098
Agriculture 3.7%Industry 23.6%Construction 7.1%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 23%Public · health · education 25.8%
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)
€16,005M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€589M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,770M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,178M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — construction (F)
€1,134M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,702M
2024 · EU pctl 73
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)
36,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 63
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,700
2024 · EU pctl 73
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)
€2,094M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — information & communication (J)
€719M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€3,677M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,133M
2024 · EU pctl 83
Labour market
Employment, total persons
185,940
2024 · EU pctl 70
Self-employed persons
18,800
2024 · EU pctl 55
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,050
2024 · EU pctl 65
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)
27,063
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise births
2,660
2023 · EU pctl 71
Enterprise deaths
2,298
2023 · EU pctl 73
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 75
Innovation & R&D
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)
1,839,665
2025 · EU pctl 67
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.
1,661
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
397
CURRENT · EU pctl 49
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
50
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
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)
256,873
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged 65+
90,111
2025 · EU pctl 69
Population aged under 15
71,347
2025 · EU pctl 77
Median age of population
40.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.1%
2025 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
3,631
2024 · EU pctl 75
Deaths
3,866
2024 · EU pctl 62
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.9%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
11 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 1
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
2.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
79.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,769 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
88 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
187 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 6
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 19
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 69
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