NUTS-3 SE213 · Sweden
Kalmar län
Kalmar län generates €9.8bn of GDP across 246.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 38.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +2.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (92th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (16th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable71 → 66 EU percentile since 1995 (-4 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
Governance93
Demographic outlook92
Freight intensity87
Labour market86
Air quality78
Talent & skills77
Cost advantage63
Quality of life56
Resilience53
Economic base52
Industrial base49
Growth momentum27
Digital readiness20
Connectivity10
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)
38.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.4
Livability56.3
Market access11
Economic scale58
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)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability9
Labour stability80
Diversification72
Demographic stability49
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)
9.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density12
Airport access6
Market access11
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)
77.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary67
Lifelong learning99
Knowledge workers80
Scientists & engineers63
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)
77.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56.8 µg/m³
PM1012.8 µg/m³
NO28 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)
56.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy44.5
Jobs54
Education63.5
Health92
Safety46
Connectivity16
Environment78.3
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
27.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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 · 29.7%Diversified · HHI 2123
Agriculture 5%Industry 23.8%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 18.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 16%Public · health · education 29.7%
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)
€9,785M2024
4.2% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€8,938M2025
1.6% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 62
Population
246,3522025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Unemployment rate
7.1%2025
7.8% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Employment
115,8902024
0.6% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Productivity / employee
€89,8272025
6.3% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Gross value added
€8,763M2024
4.5% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Dwelling price
1,236 kSEK2025
0.7% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€8,763M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€438M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,081M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,489M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — construction (F)
€603M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,635M
2024 · EU pctl 56
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,000
2023 · EU pctl 37 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 52
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€39,500
2024 · EU pctl 63
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,919M
2023 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,769M
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€18,774M
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€725M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — information & communication (J)
€186M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,405M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,601M
2024 · EU pctl 69
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€8,938M
2025 · EU pctl 62
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€89,827
2025 · EU pctl 65
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,463M
2025 · EU pctl 63
Labour market
Employment, total persons
115,890
2024 · EU pctl 50
Self-employed persons
7,000
2024 · EU pctl 23
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,000
2024 · EU pctl 51
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.6%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
22.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.1%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
125,900
2025 · EU pctl 50
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
16,437
2023 · EU pctl 54
Enterprise births
1,279
2023 · EU pctl 51
Enterprise deaths
1,056
2023 · EU pctl 51
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.6%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.1%
2025 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
35.5%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.0%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,138,463
2025 · EU pctl 78
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
530 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 27 · 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)
12,508 kt
2025 · EU pctl 72
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
6 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
134
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
142,214
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged 65+
64,879
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged under 15
39,259
2025 · EU pctl 55
Median age of population
46.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 49
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.6%
2025 · EU pctl 86
Crude rate of total population change
-1.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude birth rate
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Live births
2,026
2024 · EU pctl 54
Deaths
2,697
2024 · EU pctl 45
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.55
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population density (persons per km²)
22 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 4
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
279,056
2100 · EU pctl 61
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
200 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
819 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
199 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
552 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,676 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · 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)
1,236 kSEK
2025 · EU pctl 10
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
114 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
90 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 20
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 27
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 20
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
86.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.4%
2021 · EU pctl 27
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