NUTS-3 SE311 · Sweden
Värmlands län
Export region data (CSV)Värmlands län generates €12bn of GDP across 283.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 40.1/100 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 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (78th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (23th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
40.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth25
Livability51.3
Market access17
Economic scale67
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability9
Labour stability77
Diversification66
Demographic stability49
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)
14.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density19
Airport access7
Market access17
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)
79
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary70
Lifelong learning98
Knowledge workers83
Scientists & engineers65
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)
70
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.7 µg/m³
PM1013.4 µg/m³
NO211.8 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)
51.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy47.5
Jobs41
Education49.5
Health78
Safety49
Connectivity23
Environment71
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
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 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 · 28.2%Diversified · HHI 2154
Agriculture 2.8%Industry 23.1%Construction 8.3%Trade · transport · ICT 23.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.2%Public · health · education 28.2%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,726M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€305M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,481M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,738M
2024 · EU pctl 62
GVA — construction (F)
€885M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,513M
2024 · EU pctl 71
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€21,700
2023 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 59
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,000
2024 · EU pctl 69
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,213M
2023 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,289M
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€17,269M
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€609M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — information & communication (J)
€278M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,521M
2024 · EU pctl 50
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,020M
2024 · EU pctl 75
Labour market
Employment, total persons
132,580
2024 · EU pctl 56
Self-employed persons
7,300
2024 · EU pctl 25
Employment in manufacturing (C)
17,000
2024 · EU pctl 49
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.2%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
23.7%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
19,424
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise births
1,391
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise deaths
1,211
2023 · EU pctl 55
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 63
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
21
2012 · EU pctl 57
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
78 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 48
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 23 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.9%
2025 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
41.4%
2025 · EU pctl 76 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
45.7%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
34.2%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.7%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
93.8%
2025 · EU pctl 27 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,912,462
2024 · EU pctl 69
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
558 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · 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.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 18
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
13
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
127
CURRENT · EU pctl 93
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)
167,707
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged 65+
71,235
2025 · EU pctl 60
Population aged under 15
44,442
2025 · EU pctl 61
Median age of population
44.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 35
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.5%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 41
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
2,279
2024 · EU pctl 59
Deaths
3,113
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
69.0%
2025 · EU pctl 89
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
2024 · EU pctl 54
Population density (persons per km²)
16 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
19.3%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.3 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
182 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
902 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
204 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
628 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 95
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,882 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
175 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
131 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 36
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 34
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 45
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
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