East Sweden

NUTS 1 Region of the EU in Sweden

East Sweden

Östra Sverige

NUTS 1 Region of the EU

Eastern Sweden in yellow

Country|  Sweden
Largest city| Stockholm
Area

• Total

| 44,539.9 km2 (17,197.0 sq mi)
Population

(2017-12-31)

• Total

| 3,995,953[1]
ISO 3166 code| SE1

East Sweden (Swedish: Östra Sverige) is a NUTS 1 region in Sweden. The region is defined and used by the European Union for statistical purposes, it is not used as a region by Sweden which uses other divisions of the country.

## Subdivision

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There are two subdivisions of East Sweden called National Areas of Sweden (NUTS 2). They are in turn comprised out of six different counties (NUTS 3).[2]

* SE11 Stockholm
* Stockholm County acts as a NUTS 2 and 3 region
* SE12 East Middle Sweden
* Östergötland County
* Uppsala County
* Örebro County
* Västmanland County
* Södermanland County

## Economy

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Eurostat estimated the regional nominal GDP to be € 206,003 million and the nominal GDP per capita to be €53,600 in a 2015 study. The same study also showed that the region had a 45% higher GDP per capita than the EU average.[3]

## See also

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* First-level NUTS of the European Union
* NUTS statistical regions of Sweden
* Lands of Sweden

## References

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1. ^ "Folkmängd i riket, län och kommuner 31 december 2017 och befolkningsförändringar 1 oktober–31 december 2017. Totalt". Statistics Sweden. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
2. ^ "Regions in the European union" (PDF). Eurostat. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
3. ^ "2015 GDP per capita in 276 EU regions". Eurostat. Retrieved 2018-02-28.