East Sweden
# 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.

