NUTS-3 SE122 · Sweden
Södermanlands län
Export region data (CSV)Södermanlands län generates €12bn of GDP across 301.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.4%/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 (17.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.2
Livability52.8
Market access34
Economic scale66
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)
51.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability6
Labour stability79
Diversification60
Demographic stability61
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density5
Airport access66
Market access34
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
52.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy43
Jobs31.5
Education90
Health84.5
Safety50
Connectivity17.5
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
30.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.4%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
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: Public · health · education · 30.1%Diversified · HHI 2196
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 22.2%Construction 7.8%Trade · transport · ICT 17.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 21%Public · health · education 30.1%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,504M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€186M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,333M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,065M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€823M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,793M
2024 · EU pctl 59
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)
32,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 48
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€38,600
2024 · EU pctl 60
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)
€1,088M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — information & communication (J)
€128M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,209M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,158M
2024 · EU pctl 76
Labour market
Employment, total persons
130,440
2024 · EU pctl 55
Self-employed persons
6,200
2024 · EU pctl 19
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,000
2024 · EU pctl 47
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)
19,863
2023 · EU pctl 60
Enterprise births
1,582
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise deaths
1,355
2023 · EU pctl 58
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 76
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
33
2012 · EU pctl 67
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
121 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 58
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)
1,126,961
2024 · EU pctl 56
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.
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
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)
178,531
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged 65+
71,123
2025 · EU pctl 59
Population aged under 15
51,888
2025 · EU pctl 67
Median age of population
43.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 23
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.8%
2025 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
10.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Live births
2,570
2024 · EU pctl 64
Deaths
3,063
2024 · EU pctl 51
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
50 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 17
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
47.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
676 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,222 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
23 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
77 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 13
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
110 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
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