NUTS-3 SE121 · Sweden
Uppsala län
Export region data (CSV)Uppsala län generates €21bn of GDP across 407.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 57.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (90th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (18th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
57.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.2
Livability59.1
Market access41
Economic scale82
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)
54.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability25
Labour stability78
Diversification19
Demographic stability96
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)
35.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
Airport access59
Market access41
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)
92.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary82
Lifelong learning100
Knowledge workers93
Scientists & engineers95
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)
81.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.2 µg/m³
PM109 µg/m³
NO212.4 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)
59.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59
Jobs31.5
Education90
Health84.5
Safety49
Connectivity18
Environment82
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
48.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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. · 37.9%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2526
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 15.7%Construction 5.7%Trade · transport · ICT 14.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 37.9%Public · health · education 24.6%
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).
All indicators · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€18,732M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€344M
2024 · EU pctl 78
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,933M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,167M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — construction (F)
€1,063M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,694M
2024 · EU pctl 72
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,200
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
43,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 80
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,200
2024 · EU pctl 85
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€19,140M
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,614M
2023 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€37,294M
2023 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,134M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — information & communication (J)
€649M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€7,098M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,600M
2024 · EU pctl 85
Labour market
Employment, total persons
195,390
2024 · EU pctl 72
Self-employed persons
11,100
2024 · EU pctl 39
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,400
2024 · EU pctl 40
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
82.3%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
28.1%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,793
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise births
2,528
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise deaths
2,028
2023 · EU pctl 69
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 68
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
89
2012 · EU pctl 88
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
262 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 83
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
4.4%
2023 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
46.6%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
50.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
38.4%
2025 · EU pctl 100 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
33.0%
2025 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.7%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.0%
2025 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,180,206
2024 · EU pctl 57
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
474 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 14 · 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.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 41
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
261,163
2025 · EU pctl 72
Population aged 65+
77,883
2025 · EU pctl 64
Population aged under 15
68,866
2025 · EU pctl 76
Median age of population
38.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 1
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.8%
2025 · EU pctl 13
Crude rate of total population change
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
3,845
2024 · EU pctl 77
Deaths
3,090
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.2%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Population density (persons per km²)
50 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 16
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
20.7%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
185 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
859 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
207 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
36.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
531 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,399 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
23 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
37 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
120 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
9
2024 · EU pctl 3
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 50
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
68
2024 · EU pctl 92
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