NUTS-3 SE123 · Sweden
Östergötlands län
Export region data (CSV)Östergötlands län generates €23bn of GDP across 472.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.9/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.2%/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 (20th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36.2
Livability59.2
Market access28
Economic scale84
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)
58.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability35
Labour stability78
Diversification59
Demographic stability62
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)
45.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access99
Market access28
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)
82.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.54.9 µg/m³
PM1011.6 µg/m³
NO29.7 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)
59.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy56.5
Jobs31.5
Education90
Health84.5
Safety49
Connectivity20
Environment83
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
36.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.1 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 27.3%Diversified · HHI 2198
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 19.1%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 27.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.6%Public · health · education 25.7%
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)
€20,690M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€478M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,955M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,526M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — construction (F)
€1,227M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,657M
2024 · EU pctl 88
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)
41,100 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 75
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,600
2024 · EU pctl 82
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)
€1,557M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,514M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€4,050M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,323M
2024 · EU pctl 88
Labour market
Employment, total persons
248,980
2024 · EU pctl 80
Self-employed persons
12,100
2024 · EU pctl 41
Employment in manufacturing (C)
33,000
2024 · EU pctl 74
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)
29,713
2023 · EU pctl 73
Enterprise births
2,542
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise deaths
2,007
2023 · EU pctl 69
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.3%
2023 · EU pctl 71
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
125
2012 · EU pctl 93
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
289 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 86
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)
1,998,937
2024 · EU pctl 70
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.
15
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
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)
293,176
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged 65+
101,237
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged under 15
78,033
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
41.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 8
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.5%
2025 · EU pctl 36
Crude rate of total population change
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
4,243
2024 · EU pctl 80
Deaths
4,213
2024 · EU pctl 67
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.1%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.43
2024 · EU pctl 56
Population density (persons per km²)
45 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 14
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
40.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
688 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,470 /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)
86 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
99 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 87
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.
12
2024 · EU pctl 16
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 31
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
64
2024 · EU pctl 87
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