NUTS-3 FI1DB · Finland
Pohjois-Savo
Pohjois-Savo generates €11bn of GDP across 248.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 37.9/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.3%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (80.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost99
Digital readiness79
Air quality70
Cost advantage64
Talent & skills63
Connectivity62
Resilience61
Economic base59
Freight intensity57
Quality of life55
Industrial base39
Growth momentum29
Labour market25
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)
37.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.6
Livability55.1
Market access6
Economic scale62
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)
60.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability55
Labour stability66
Diversification78
Demographic stability44
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)
61.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density82
Airport access97
Market access6
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)
70
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55 µg/m³
PM1014.3 µg/m³
NO210.6 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)
55.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy47.5
Jobs18
Education74.5
Health54.5
Safety40
Connectivity80.5
Environment71
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
28.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.0%
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 · 27.8%Diversified · HHI 2093
Agriculture 7.1%Industry 18.4%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 14.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 26.2%Public · health · education 27.8%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€10,568M2024
3.0% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Population
248,8152025
0.3% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Employment
110,7902024
1.5% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 47
Gross value added
€9,243M2024
2.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Dwelling price
€1,690/m²2025
1.7% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 59
All indicators · 78 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€9,243M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€652M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,700M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,370M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — construction (F)
€573M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,321M
2024 · EU pctl 46
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)
35,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 59
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,500
2024 · EU pctl 70
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)
€1,363M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — information & communication (J)
€185M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,425M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,571M
2024 · EU pctl 69
Labour market
Employment, total persons
110,790
2024 · EU pctl 47
Self-employed persons
11,620
2024 · EU pctl 40
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,240
2024 · EU pctl 42
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)
15,264
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise births
1,326
2023 · EU pctl 52
Enterprise deaths
1,354
2023 · EU pctl 58
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 63
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 79 · 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)
811,731
2025 · EU pctl 46
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
727 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,759 kt
2025 · EU pctl 53
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,916
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
770
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
1 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
9
CURRENT · EU pctl 3
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)
146,892
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged 65+
68,276
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged under 15
33,647
2025 · EU pctl 49
Median age of population
46.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 54
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
46.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of total population change
2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude death rate
12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 57
Live births
1,712
2024 · EU pctl 46
Deaths
3,011
2024 · EU pctl 50
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.4%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.23
2024 · EU pctl 24
Population density (persons per km²)
14 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 2
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
283 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15 · 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 58
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
36.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
105 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,862 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
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)
€1,690/m²
2025 · EU pctl 59
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
99 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 28
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
163 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 45
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 37
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 59
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.7%
2021 · EU pctl 47
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