NUTS-3 SE125 · Sweden
Västmanlands län
Västmanlands län generates €11bn of GDP across 281.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 44.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +2.3%/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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader71 → 71 EU percentile since 1995 (0 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 outlook94
Governance93
Talent & skills93
Freight intensity85
Industrial base64
Cost advantage62
Air quality58
Resilience57
Labour market55
Quality of life54
Economic base53
Connectivity39
Digital readiness30
Growth momentum26
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)
44.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25.6
Livability53.9
Market access33
Economic scale65
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)
56.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability16
Labour stability79
Diversification65
Demographic stability67
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)
39.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density6
Airport access79
Market access33
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)
58.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.2 µg/m³
PM1019.3 µg/m³
NO210 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)
53.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45.5
Jobs31.5
Education90
Health84.5
Safety48.5
Connectivity18
Environment59
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
25.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 27.3%Diversified · HHI 2160
Agriculture 1.5%Industry 22.9%Construction 7.7%Trade · transport · ICT 18.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.8%Public · health · education 27.3%
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)
€11,305M2024
3.8% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,538M2025
1.6% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 67
Population
281,1582025
0.1% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 55
Unemployment rate
9.4%2025
19.0% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Employment
134,2702024
1.5% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 57
Productivity / employee
€89,5782025
6.3% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Gross value added
€10,125M2024
4.0% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Dwelling price
1,312 kSEK2025
4.0% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,125M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€149M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,320M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,065M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€784M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,899M
2024 · EU pctl 61
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)
33,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,000
2024 · EU pctl 64
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)
€917M
2024 · EU pctl 49
GVA — information & communication (J)
€260M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,208M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,765M
2024 · EU pctl 72
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,538M
2025 · EU pctl 67
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,578
2025 · EU pctl 65
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,932M
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour market
Employment, total persons
134,270
2024 · EU pctl 57
Self-employed persons
5,300
2024 · EU pctl 14
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,000
2024 · EU pctl 61
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)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 91
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
147,000
2025 · EU pctl 58
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,669
2023 · EU pctl 57
Enterprise births
1,510
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise deaths
1,129
2023 · EU pctl 53
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
983,247
2025 · EU pctl 53
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.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 6
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
13,739 kt
2025 · EU pctl 75
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
16 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
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.
28
CURRENT · EU pctl 21
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)
170,602
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
62,668
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged under 15
47,888
2025 · EU pctl 64
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 13
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 51
Crude rate of total population change
1.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 52
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Live births
2,514
2024 · EU pctl 63
Deaths
2,732
2024 · EU pctl 45
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.8%
2025 · EU pctl 80
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
55 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 19
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
336,631
2100 · EU pctl 69
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
44.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
777 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,554 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
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)
1,312 kSEK
2025 · EU pctl 25
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
58 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
121 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 78
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 34
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
47.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 69
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.1%
2021 · EU pctl 51
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