NUTS-3 FI1DA · Finland
Etelä-Savo
Export region data (CSV)Etelä-Savo generates €5.0bn of GDP across 129.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 26.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (82.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
26.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth15.6
Livability56.1
Market access5
Economic scale30
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability66
Diversification83
Demographic stability13
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density86
Airport access20
Market access5
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
56.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41
Jobs18
Education74.5
Health54.5
Safety43
Connectivity82.5
Environment79
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
15.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.8%
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 · 28.3%Diversified · HHI 2044
Agriculture 11.7%Industry 18.3%Construction 4.4%Trade · transport · ICT 13.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 24%Public · health · education 28.3%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€4,371M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€510M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — industry (B–E)
€801M
2024 · EU pctl 25
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€670M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — construction (F)
€191M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€586M
2024 · EU pctl 20
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)
32,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 46
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,500
2024 · EU pctl 60
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)
€730M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — information & communication (J)
€52M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,047M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,235M
2024 · EU pctl 40
Labour market
Employment, total persons
55,110
2024 · EU pctl 20
Self-employed persons
6,870
2024 · EU pctl 23
Employment in manufacturing (C)
7,790
2024 · EU pctl 21
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)
9,366
2023 · EU pctl 37
Enterprise births
672
2023 · EU pctl 34
Enterprise deaths
727
2023 · EU pctl 40
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.5%
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
630,122
2025 · EU pctl 39
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.
1,073
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
829
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
89
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
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)
70,613
2025 · EU pctl 18
Population aged 65+
43,892
2025 · EU pctl 37
Population aged under 15
14,871
2025 · EU pctl 18
Median age of population
54.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 99
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
62.2%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Crude rate of total population change
-4.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
15.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Live births
648
2024 · EU pctl 12
Deaths
2,011
2024 · EU pctl 33
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
83.2%
2025 · EU pctl 100
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
12 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 2
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
169 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,487 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
96 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
157 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 96
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 1
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 21
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