NUTS-3 SE123 · Sweden
Östergötlands län
Östergötlands län generates €23bn of GDP across 472.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.8/100 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 (19.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser68 → 83 EU percentile since 1995 (+15 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)
Energy cost97
Demographic outlook95
Governance93
Talent & skills93
Air quality82
Economic base75
Freight intensity70
Cost advantage62
Quality of life59
Resilience59
Labour market55
Industrial base50
Connectivity45
Growth momentum36
Digital readiness30
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)
51.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth36
Livability59.1
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)
58.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability35
Labour stability79
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)
45.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density9
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)
59.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy56.5
Jobs31.5
Education90
Health84.5
Safety49
Connectivity19.5
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
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€23,102M2024
8.2% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€21,535M2025
1.6% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Population
472,4462025
0.0% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Unemployment rate
9.3%2025
1.1% 1y 2.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Employment
248,9802024
0.5% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Productivity / employee
€98,7122025
6.3% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 79
Gross value added
€20,690M2024
8.5% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Dwelling price
1,737 kSEK2025
1.2% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
All indicators · 89 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,535M
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€98,712
2025 · EU pctl 79
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,991M
2025 · EU pctl 87
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
252,600
2025 · EU pctl 78
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
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.5%
2023 · EU pctl 90 · 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)
2,018,056
2025 · 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.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
17,882 kt
2025 · EU pctl 84
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
16 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
600,594
2100 · EU pctl 86
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
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)
1,737 kSEK
2025 · EU pctl 60
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
94.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 87
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.0%
2021 · EU pctl 39
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