NUTS-3 FI200 · Finland
Åland
Åland generates €1.6bn of GDP across 30.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 1.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for jobs (99th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (26th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader88 → 85 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Labour market99
Energy cost99
Governance98
Demographic outlook90
Economic base82
Quality of life61
Resilience44
Cost advantage29
Growth momentum29
Connectivity18
Industrial base11
Freight intensity0
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)
28.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28.8
Livability61.1
Market access20
Economic scale5
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)
44.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 3/4 pillars
GDP stability32
Labour stability—
Diversification27
Demographic stability74
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)
18.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density26
Airport access9
Market access20
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
61.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy76.5
Jobs99
Education26.5
Health90
Safety48.7
Connectivity26
Environment—
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
28.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 4/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
CAGR
Employment rate
-1.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
—
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 32.8%Diversified · HHI 2407
Agriculture 2.7%Industry 10%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 32.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 25.2%Public · health · education 23.6%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€1,633M2024
0.2% 1y 3.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,416M2025
0.2% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Population
30,6542025
0.4% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Unemployment rate
1.9%2025
38.7% 1y 12.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Employment
18,1702024
0.8% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 1
Productivity / employee
€91,7672025
2.1% 1y 6.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 69
Gross value added
€1,428M2024
0.2% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
All indicators · 78 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,428M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€38M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — industry (B–E)
€143M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€95M
2024 · EU pctl 3
GVA — construction (F)
€82M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€469M
2024 · EU pctl 14
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,200
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 82
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€53,400
2024 · EU pctl 87
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€280M
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€17M
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€835M
2023 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€171M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — information & communication (J)
€61M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€360M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€336M
2024 · EU pctl 5
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,416M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€91,767
2025 · EU pctl 69
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€269M
2025 · EU pctl 3
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,170
2024 · EU pctl 1
Self-employed persons
2,050
2024 · EU pctl 1
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,250
2024 · EU pctl 2
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
84.3%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
1.9%
2025 · EU pctl 1
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
15,700
2025 · EU pctl 1
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
3,815
2023 · EU pctl 12
Enterprise births
281
2023 · EU pctl 11
Enterprise deaths
289
2023 · EU pctl 12
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 73
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.5%
2023 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
32.9%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
27.1%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.8%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
395,033
2025 · EU pctl 26
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
867 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
25 kt
2025 · EU pctl 0
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
0 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
62
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
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)
18,283
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged 65+
7,519
2025 · EU pctl 1
Population aged under 15
4,852
2025 · EU pctl 1
Median age of population
45.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 46
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.1%
2025 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of total population change
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 68
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude death rate
10.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Live births
218
2024 · EU pctl 1
Deaths
309
2024 · EU pctl 1
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.7%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
44,077
2100 · EU pctl 4
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
216 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
755 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
185 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
6.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
78.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
864 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
0 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.90
2022 · EU pctl 94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
2022 · EU pctl 98
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.99
2022 · EU pctl 98
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.19
2022 · EU pctl 98
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
1.09
2022 · EU pctl 99
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
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
7 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Environment
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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