NUTS-3 SE214 · Sweden
Gotlands län
Export region data (CSV)Gotlands län generates €2.5bn of GDP across 61k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 24.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +3.5%/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 (20th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
24.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34.4
Livability53.5
Market access1
Economic scale10
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)
51.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability11
Labour stability80
Diversification46
Demographic stability70
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)
38.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access76
Market access1
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)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.57.2 µg/m³
PM1017.2 µg/m³
NO2—
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)
53.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45
Jobs54
Education63.5
Health92
Safety47
Connectivity20
Environment53
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
34.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.4%
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 · 35.6%Diversified · HHI 2278
Agriculture 6.1%Industry 10.5%Construction 8%Trade · transport · ICT 21.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 18%Public · health · education 35.6%
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 · 67 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,199M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€135M
2024 · EU pctl 47
GVA — industry (B–E)
€231M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€169M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — construction (F)
€177M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€478M
2024 · EU pctl 14
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)
33,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,000
2024 · EU pctl 64
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€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)
€207M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — information & communication (J)
€105M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€395M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€784M
2024 · EU pctl 22
Labour market
Employment, total persons
33,390
2024 · EU pctl 6
Self-employed persons
4,700
2024 · EU pctl 11
Employment in manufacturing (C)
2,400
2024 · EU pctl 4
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
6,233
2023 · EU pctl 25
Enterprise births
388
2023 · EU pctl 18
Enterprise deaths
349
2023 · EU pctl 17
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.3%
2023 · EU pctl 47
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
1
2012 · EU pctl 7
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
17 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 26
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
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)
934,177
2024 · EU pctl 51
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
530 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
30
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
35,142
2025 · EU pctl 5
Population aged 65+
16,747
2025 · EU pctl 7
Population aged under 15
9,082
2025 · EU pctl 7
Median age of population
47.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 63
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
47.7%
2025 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of total population change
-1.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Crude birth rate
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
417
2024 · EU pctl 5
Deaths
673
2024 · EU pctl 5
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
73.5%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
20 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
84.0 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
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
14.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
229 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,570 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
43 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
80 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 73
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.
17
2024 · EU pctl 69
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