NUTS-3 NO020 · Norway
Population
377,5562025
GDP
€17,839M2021
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
76.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
52,081.4 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
NO020 · DEA46
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Minden-Lübbecke (Opportunity 62). Runner-up: Innlandet (42). Contrarian pick: Innlandet — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Why you might not pick Minden-Lübbecke
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 25) — Innlandet may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Minden-Lübbecke · Manufacturing → Minden-Lübbecke · Office → Innlandet · Residential → Minden-Lübbecke.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
42.4
61.5
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
55.8
66.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
57.4
58.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
44.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
40.3
62.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
65.3
36.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
19.0
39.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
1.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.6% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.1% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,247
€46,338
Population density
7 /km²
279 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€16,067M
€13,568M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€600M
€168M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,780M
€3,820M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,553M
€3,364M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,490M
€777M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,586M
€2,378M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,700
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,700 PPS
41,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€48,100
€46,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€4,385M
€18,145M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€309M
€5,057M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€8,788M
€52,413M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,345M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€404M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,672M
€3,220M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,938M
€3,205M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€20,784M
€12,518M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€102,733
€89,533
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,451M
€2,844M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
180,000
174,650
Self-employed persons
—
13,110
Employment in manufacturing (C)
16,000
39,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
77.9%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
6.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
3.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
197,000
173,200
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
10,726
Enterprise births
—
802
Enterprise deaths
—
921
3-year enterprise survival rate
—
3.8%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.9%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.7%
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
40.6%
33.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.3%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.8%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.2%
8.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.8%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,684,016
534,439
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
617 /1k
632 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,573 kt
10,457 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
12,319
2,067
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3,263
645
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
2 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
126
64
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
232,600
199,136
Population aged 65+
90,571
74,211
Population aged under 15
54,385
47,210
Median age of population
45.9 yrs
46.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.9%
37.3%
Crude rate of total population change
3.3 /1k
-1.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.4 /1k
3.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.8 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
10.9 /1k
13.0 /1k
Live births
2,938
2,718
Deaths
4,098
4,158
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.3%
61.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.40
1.55
Population density (persons per km²)
—
282 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
304,840
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.8%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.2 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.6%
16.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
395 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
920 /100k
1,001 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
221 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.6 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.2 /100k
62.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
246 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,076 /100k
1,057 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
24 /M
38 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.57
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.94
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.92
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.055/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
29,097 NOK/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
878 m
57 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
217 days/yr
44 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
2 days/yr