NUTS-3 SE110 · Sweden
Stockholms län
Stockholms län generates €179bn of GDP across 2.5m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 63.8/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate down 0.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (99th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (32.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader93 → 95 EU percentile since 1995 (+2 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)
Talent & skills99
Demographic outlook97
Energy cost97
Economic base95
Governance93
Labour market85
Air quality69
Quality of life69
Digital readiness61
Resilience55
Connectivity50
Growth momentum28
Freight intensity27
Cost advantage25
Industrial base15
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)
63.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.6
Livability68.5
Market access60
Economic scale99
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)
55.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability42
Labour stability79
Diversification14
Demographic stability86
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density4
Airport access87
Market access60
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)
99.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary98
Lifelong learning100
Knowledge workers99
Scientists & engineers100
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.7 µg/m³
PM1013.4 µg/m³
NO212.7 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)
68.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy85
Jobs47
Education93.5
Health99
Safety52
Connectivity32.5
Environment70.3
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
27.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR
Employment rate
-0.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.5 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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 35.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2627
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 10.5%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 29.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 35.2%Public · health · education 20%
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)
€179,240M2024
6.0% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€171,168M2025
1.6% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Population
2,473,3072025
0.8% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Unemployment rate
9.0%2025
9.8% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Employment
1,404,7102024
1.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Productivity / employee
€135,7492025
6.3% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Gross value added
€160,522M2024
6.2% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Dwelling price
4,321 kSEK2025
2.5% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 100
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€160,522M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€246M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — industry (B–E)
€16,917M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€13,898M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€7,895M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€46,806M
2024 · EU pctl 99
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,900
2023 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
61,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 95
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€72,300
2024 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€39,988M
2023 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,118M
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€78,030M
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€16,672M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — information & communication (J)
€20,522M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€56,546M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€32,110M
2024 · EU pctl 100
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€171,168M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€135,749
2025 · EU pctl 95
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€44,039M
2025 · EU pctl 99
Labour market
Employment, total persons
1,404,710
2024 · EU pctl 99
Self-employed persons
70,200
2024 · EU pctl 93
Employment in manufacturing (C)
76,100
2024 · EU pctl 95
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
85.8%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
25.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.0%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
1,468,800
2025 · EU pctl 100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
266,443
2023 · EU pctl 99
Enterprise births
22,759
2023 · EU pctl 98
Enterprise deaths
18,352
2023 · EU pctl 98
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 70
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
10.8%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
60.0%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
65.9%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
41.5%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
16.3%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.1%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
15,753,490
2025 · EU pctl 97
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
398 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
46,977 kt
2025 · EU pctl 98
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
22
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 4
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
48 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
1,628,867
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged 65+
418,087
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged under 15
426,353
2025 · EU pctl 100
Median age of population
39.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 3
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.7%
2025 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of total population change
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude death rate
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Live births
25,657
2024 · EU pctl 100
Deaths
15,410
2024 · EU pctl 98
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
51.8%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
378 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 79
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
3,424,317
2100 · EU pctl 100
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
204 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
764 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
188 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
49.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
567 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,442 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
10 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.91
2022 · EU pctl 95
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.62
2022 · EU pctl 91
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.74
2022 · EU pctl 93
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2022 · EU pctl 93
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.94
2022 · EU pctl 93
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.085/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 3
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.073/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 98
Housing market
Average sold price, tenant-owned flats (SEK thousands, Statistics Sweden)
4,321 kSEK
2025 · EU pctl 100
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
59 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
115 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
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.
13
2024 · EU pctl 34
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 52
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 74
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
90.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.6%
2021 · EU pctl 15
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