NUTS-3 SE231 · Sweden
Hallands län
Hallands län generates €14bn of GDP across 345.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.1pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (96th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (43th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Mid-field stable70 → 70 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 outlook95
Talent & skills95
Governance93
Freight intensity81
Digital readiness81
Labour market72
Resilience63
Quality of life60
Cost advantage55
Economic base53
Industrial base30
Growth momentum25
Connectivity22
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)
47.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth24.6
Livability60.3
Market access33
Economic scale72
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)
62.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability14
Labour stability75
Diversification81
Demographic stability81
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)
21.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density13
Airport access19
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)
94.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary88
Lifelong learning99
Knowledge workers94
Scientists & engineers98
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)
60.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy49
Jobs43
Education96
Health87
Safety51
Connectivity47
Environment49
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
24.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.1 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.9 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 2072
Agriculture 3.4%Industry 19%Construction 8.2%Trade · transport · ICT 21.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.4%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)
€13,875M2024
4.5% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€12,902M2025
1.6% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Population
345,0742025
0.4% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Unemployment rate
8.4%2025
29.2% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Employment
160,2202024
0.7% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Productivity / employee
€92,1352025
6.3% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Gross value added
€12,426M2024
4.8% 1y 3.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 71
Dwelling price
2,489 kSEK2025
0.2% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,426M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€417M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,365M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,558M
2024 · EU pctl 58
GVA — construction (F)
€1,023M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,696M
2024 · EU pctl 73
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€23,600
2023 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,100
2024 · EU pctl 65
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€30,722M
2023 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€7,348M
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€50,417M
2023 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,303M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — information & communication (J)
€260M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,539M
2024 · EU pctl 69
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,387M
2024 · EU pctl 78
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€12,902M
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€92,135
2025 · EU pctl 70
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,365M
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour market
Employment, total persons
160,220
2024 · EU pctl 65
Self-employed persons
12,800
2024 · EU pctl 43
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,200
2024 · EU pctl 47
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
84.1%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
21.7%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
8.4%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
182,600
2025 · EU pctl 68
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
29,183
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise births
2,129
2023 · EU pctl 64
Enterprise deaths
2,052
2023 · EU pctl 70
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 63
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
5.6%
2023 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
6.6%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
50.5%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
52.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · 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)
33.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.4%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,021,000
2025 · EU pctl 77
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
466 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
15,769 kt
2025 · EU pctl 80
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
8
CURRENT · EU pctl 13
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
20 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
92
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
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)
205,573
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged 65+
79,594
2025 · EU pctl 65
Population aged under 15
59,907
2025 · EU pctl 71
Median age of population
43.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 22
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
8.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
3,141
2024 · EU pctl 72
Deaths
3,078
2024 · EU pctl 51
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
67.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.64
2024 · EU pctl 91
Population density (persons per km²)
64 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 24
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
413,190
2100 · EU pctl 75
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
165 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
841 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
203 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
24.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
546 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,298 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
19 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · 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)
2,489 kSEK
2025 · EU pctl 90
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
144 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
86 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 78
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 65
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 51
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
80.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 83
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.8%
2021 · EU pctl 58
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