NUTS-3 SE232 · Sweden
Västra Götalands län
Export region data (CSV)Västra Götalands län generates €94bn of GDP across 1.8m residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.5/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
56.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25
Livability62.1
Market access41
Economic scale98
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)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability27
Labour stability75
Diversification59
Demographic stability76
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)
25.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density8
Airport access27
Market access41
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
49
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57.3 µg/m³
PM1016.8 µg/m³
NO213.8 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)
62.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy63.5
Jobs43
Education96
Health87
Safety50.5
Connectivity44.5
Environment50
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
25
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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: Industry · 25.1%Diversified · HHI 2201
Agriculture 0.9%Industry 25.1%Construction 6.2%Trade · transport · ICT 22.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 23.2%Public · health · education 22.4%
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 · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€83,897M
2024 · EU pctl 98
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€752M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — industry (B–E)
€21,067M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€19,342M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — construction (F)
€5,232M
2024 · EU pctl 99
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€18,574M
2024 · EU pctl 98
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)
44,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 82
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€52,600
2024 · EU pctl 86
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)
€7,714M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — information & communication (J)
€4,834M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€19,470M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€18,802M
2024 · EU pctl 98
Labour market
Employment, total persons
935,570
2024 · EU pctl 98
Self-employed persons
41,800
2024 · EU pctl 82
Employment in manufacturing (C)
120,900
2024 · EU pctl 99
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
137,863
2023 · EU pctl 97
Enterprise births
11,369
2023 · EU pctl 95
Enterprise deaths
9,666
2023 · EU pctl 95
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 68
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
320
2012 · EU pctl 98
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
201 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 74
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
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)
10,906,608
2024 · EU pctl 95
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
466 /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.
44
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 8
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
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)
1,116,302
2025 · EU pctl 98
Population aged 65+
359,559
2025 · EU pctl 99
Population aged under 15
296,960
2025 · EU pctl 99
Median age of population
40.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 6
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 66
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 26
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
17,114
2024 · EU pctl 98
Deaths
15,083
2024 · EU pctl 98
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.45
2024 · EU pctl 61
Population density (persons per km²)
74 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 29
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
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
46.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
638 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,471 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
19 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
126 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
97 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 86
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
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 65
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 59
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
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