NUTS-3 SE221 · Sweden
Blekinge län
Blekinge län generates €7.3bn of GDP across 157.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 41.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.8pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (92th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (31.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader79 → 75 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
Demographic outlook95
Talent & skills93
Governance93
Industrial base89
Economic base69
Digital readiness69
Cost advantage60
Quality of life59
Freight intensity58
Labour market57
Growth momentum40
Resilience37
Connectivity12
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)
41.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth39.6
Livability58.6
Market access22
Economic scale46
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)
36.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability20
Labour stability79
Diversification20
Demographic stability28
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)
12.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access5
Market access22
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)
93
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary81
Lifelong learning99
Knowledge workers96
Scientists & engineers96
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
58.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy54.5
Jobs31.5
Education92
Health82
Safety52
Connectivity39.5
Environment—
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
39.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.8 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.2 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: Industry · 34.7%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2508
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 34.7%Construction 5.6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.6%Public · health · education 29%
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)
€7,269M2024
13.6% 1y 4.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,732M2025
1.6% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 50
Population
157,2232025
0.5% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
Unemployment rate
10.1%2025
1.0% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Employment
74,9002024
1.4% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Productivity / employee
€103,2452025
6.3% 1y 4.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Gross value added
€6,510M2024
13.9% 1y 4.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Dwelling price
1,368 kSEK2025
3.3% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 30
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,510M
2024 · EU pctl 46
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€117M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,262M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,994M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — construction (F)
€362M
2024 · EU pctl 41
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,057M
2024 · EU pctl 38
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,800
2023 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 69
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,900
2024 · EU pctl 77
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,793M
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,969M
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€34,013M
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€409M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — information & communication (J)
€368M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€821M
2024 · EU pctl 28
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,891M
2024 · EU pctl 59
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,732M
2025 · EU pctl 50
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€103,245
2025 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,864M
2025 · EU pctl 52
Labour market
Employment, total persons
74,900
2024 · EU pctl 32
Self-employed persons
3,700
2024 · EU pctl 6
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,700
2024 · EU pctl 38
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.4%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
24.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
10.1%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
81,800
2025 · EU pctl 33
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
9,541
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise births
783
2023 · EU pctl 38
Enterprise deaths
650
2023 · EU pctl 36
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
3.7%
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
52.2%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
49.9%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
37.9%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
35.4%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.8%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.5%
2025 · EU pctl 69 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
994,903
2025 · EU pctl 53
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
461 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 13 · 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.
7
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,979 kt
2025 · EU pctl 37
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
28 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
141
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
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)
93,315
2025 · EU pctl 29
Population aged 65+
39,165
2025 · EU pctl 32
Population aged under 15
24,743
2025 · EU pctl 37
Median age of population
45.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.0%
2025 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of total population change
-4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude birth rate
7.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude death rate
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Live births
1,161
2024 · EU pctl 31
Deaths
1,783
2024 · EU pctl 28
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
Population density (persons per km²)
54 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 19
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
183,953
2100 · EU pctl 42
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
183 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 2 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
868 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
213 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
34.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
901 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,208 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
18 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 2 · 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)
1,368 kSEK
2025 · EU pctl 30
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
49 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
75 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 69
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 74
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
42.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 64
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
4.0%
2021 · EU pctl 61
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