NUTS-3 FI1DC · Finland
Pohjois-Karjala
Export region data (CSV)Pohjois-Karjala generates €6.3bn of GDP across 162.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 30/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +2.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (89th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
30
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth20.8
Livability56
Market access3
Economic scale40
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)
55.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability50
Labour stability66
Diversification78
Demographic stability29
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)
33.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density91
Airport access7
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
56
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy41.5
Jobs18
Education74.5
Health54.5
Safety29.3
Connectivity85
Environment89
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
20.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.2 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 · 28.5%Diversified · HHI 2090
Agriculture 8%Industry 20.6%Construction 5%Trade · transport · ICT 14.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.8%Public · health · education 28.5%
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 · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€5,516M
2024 · EU pctl 39
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€442M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,139M
2024 · EU pctl 36
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€974M
2024 · EU pctl 40
GVA — construction (F)
€276M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€775M
2024 · EU pctl 28
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)
32,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 47
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,900
2024 · EU pctl 61
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)
€901M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — information & communication (J)
€139M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,314M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,570M
2024 · EU pctl 52
Labour market
Employment, total persons
66,290
2024 · EU pctl 27
Self-employed persons
7,380
2024 · EU pctl 25
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,190
2024 · EU pctl 30
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)
9,971
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise births
793
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
862
2023 · EU pctl 45
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
515,720
2025 · EU pctl 33
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.
1,614
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
996
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
125
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
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)
94,062
2025 · EU pctl 30
Population aged 65+
47,351
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged under 15
20,678
2025 · EU pctl 29
Median age of population
47.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 66
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
50.3%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of total population change
-1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude death rate
13.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Live births
974
2024 · EU pctl 24
Deaths
2,139
2024 · EU pctl 35
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.3%
2025 · EU pctl 93
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
2024 · EU pctl 10
Population density (persons per km²)
8 /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
2.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
30.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
121 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,614 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
38 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
105 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 30
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
173 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 97
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 11
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 76
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