NUTS-3 SE312 · Sweden
Dalarnas län
Export region data (CSV)Dalarnas län generates €12bn of GDP across 286.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 36/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +1.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for health (78th EU percentile) and weakest for digital connectivity (27th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
36
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth19.2
Livability50.8
Market access8
Economic scale66
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)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability17
Labour stability77
Diversification77
Demographic stability39
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)
18.5
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 2/3 facets
Transit density—
Airport access29
Market access8
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.5 µg/m³
PM1016.8 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)
50.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy45
Jobs41
Education49.5
Health78
Safety50.5
Connectivity27
Environment64.7
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
19.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+1.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.1 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 · 31.3%Diversified · HHI 2096
Agriculture 4.6%Industry 19.7%Construction 9.4%Trade · transport · ICT 19.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.9%Public · health · education 31.3%
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).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,371M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€475M
2024 · EU pctl 87
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,044M
2024 · EU pctl 59
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,497M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — construction (F)
€971M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,994M
2024 · EU pctl 62
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)
33,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 54
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€40,100
2024 · EU pctl 65
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)
€744M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — information & communication (J)
€244M
2024 · EU pctl 60
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,645M
2024 · EU pctl 54
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,243M
2024 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
140,380
2024 · EU pctl 59
Self-employed persons
7,300
2024 · EU pctl 25
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,600
2024 · EU pctl 53
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)
23,025
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise births
1,704
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise deaths
2,363
2023 · EU pctl 73
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.7%
2023 · EU pctl 58
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
36
2012 · EU pctl 69
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
129 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 60
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)
3,235,529
2024 · EU pctl 79
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
558 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
75
CURRENT · EU pctl 71
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)
165,695
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged 65+
74,684
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged under 15
46,167
2025 · EU pctl 63
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
45.1%
2025 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of total population change
-2.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Live births
2,334
2024 · EU pctl 60
Deaths
3,130
2024 · EU pctl 52
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
72.9%
2025 · EU pctl 94
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.54
2024 · EU pctl 79
Population density (persons per km²)
10 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 1
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
21.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
543 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,781 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
440 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
185 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
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.
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).
45
2024 · EU pctl 9
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