title: East Sweden
text: # East Sweden
  
  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
  
  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).
  
  * 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
  
  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.
  
  