NUTS-3 SE331 · Sweden
Västerbottens län
Export region data (CSV)Västerbottens län generates €14bn of GDP across 281.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (83th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (46.7th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
42
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth34
Livability57
Market access6
Economic scale71
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)
57.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability14
Labour stability64
Diversification70
Demographic stability82
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)
6.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density10
Airport access3
Market access6
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)
85.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary66
Lifelong learning98
Knowledge workers87
Scientists & engineers90
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.7 µg/m³
PM1023.4 µg/m³
NO214.3 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)
57
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs48.5
Education83
Health68
Safety47
Connectivity48.5
Environment46.7
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
34
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.1 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 · 26.3%Diversified · HHI 2138
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 26.1%Construction 8.3%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.1%Public · health · education 26.3%
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 · 71 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€12,216M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€281M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,191M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,087M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€1,010M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,067M
2024 · EU pctl 64
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€22,600
2023 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
40,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 75
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,400
2024 · EU pctl 81
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,790M
2023 · EU pctl 30 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€2,262M
2023 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€12,254M
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€712M
2024 · EU pctl 42
GVA — information & communication (J)
€477M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,452M
2024 · EU pctl 68
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,215M
2024 · EU pctl 77
Labour market
Employment, total persons
150,180
2024 · EU pctl 62
Self-employed persons
8,700
2024 · EU pctl 31
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,200
2024 · EU pctl 52
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
83.6%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
23.2%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,721
2023 · EU pctl 58
Enterprise births
1,412
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise deaths
1,369
2023 · EU pctl 58
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 56
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
19
2012 · EU pctl 53
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
73 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 46
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.7%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
48.3%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
44.4%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
35.0%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
30.2%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
12.1%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.9%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,852,310
2024 · EU pctl 68
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
536 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 29 · 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.
12
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
4
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
165
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
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)
174,934
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
60,934
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged under 15
45,270
2025 · EU pctl 62
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 5
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.8%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Live births
2,394
2024 · EU pctl 61
Deaths
2,783
2024 · EU pctl 46
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.31
2024 · EU pctl 35
Population density (persons per km²)
5 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 1
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.5%
2025 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.7 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
949 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 34 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
202 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
262 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,798 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
368 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
197 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
23
2024 · EU pctl 90
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 62
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 67
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