NUTS-3 SE224 · Sweden
Skåne län
Skåne län generates €65bn of GDP across 1.4m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 61.7/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.5%/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 leader76 → 79 EU percentile since 1995 (+3 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 outlook96
Talent & skills93
Governance93
Air quality75
Digital readiness69
Freight intensity68
Economic base67
Resilience61
Quality of life61
Cost advantage60
Labour market57
Growth momentum42
Connectivity40
Industrial base23
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)
61.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth42
Livability60.7
Market access48
Economic scale96
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)
60.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability28
Labour stability79
Diversification52
Demographic stability84
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)
39.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density11
Airport access60
Market access48
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
75
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57 µg/m³
PM1011.8 µg/m³
NO210.1 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)
60.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy53.5
Jobs31.5
Education92
Health82
Safety50
Connectivity40
Environment76
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
42
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 28%Diversified · HHI 2238
Agriculture 2.5%Industry 14.3%Construction 6.1%Trade · transport · ICT 28%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.3%Public · health · education 25.8%
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)
€64,848M2024
5.8% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€60,052M2025
1.6% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Population
1,428,6262025
0.5% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Unemployment rate
10.2%2025
6.2% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Employment
685,1002024
0.4% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Productivity / employee
€100,7002025
6.3% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Gross value added
€58,076M2024
6.1% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Dwelling price
2,230 kSEK2025
2.1% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€58,076M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,472M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,279M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€6,328M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — construction (F)
€3,568M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€16,282M
2024 · EU pctl 97
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)
38,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 67
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€45,200
2024 · EU pctl 76
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)
€5,651M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — information & communication (J)
€3,521M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€13,515M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€14,960M
2024 · EU pctl 97
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€60,052M
2025 · EU pctl 96
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,700
2025 · EU pctl 82
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,630M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Employment, total persons
685,100
2024 · EU pctl 96
Self-employed persons
39,900
2024 · EU pctl 80
Employment in manufacturing (C)
60,800
2024 · EU pctl 92
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)
10.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
785,000
2025 · EU pctl 97
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
112,972
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise births
9,748
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise deaths
8,239
2023 · EU pctl 94
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 70
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)
6,811,018
2025 · EU pctl 91
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
461 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
52,531 kt
2025 · EU pctl 99
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
70
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 11
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.
46
CURRENT · EU pctl 40
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)
895,038
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged 65+
286,963
2025 · EU pctl 97
Population aged under 15
246,625
2025 · EU pctl 97
Median age of population
40.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 6
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 75
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
13,521
2024 · EU pctl 97
Deaths
12,200
2024 · EU pctl 96
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
130 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 50
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
2,009,510
2100 · EU pctl 98
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
61.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
623 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,030 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
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)
2,230 kSEK
2025 · EU pctl 75
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
75 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 6
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
73 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 67
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
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 18
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
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 55
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
226 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 96
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.5%
2021 · EU pctl 12
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