NUTS-3 NO071 · Norway
Population
243,5822025
GDP
€12,910M2021
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
37,751.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NO071 · DE138
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Konstanz (Opportunity 66). Runner-up: Nordland/Nordlánnda (42). Contrarian pick: Nordland/Nordlánnda — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Why you might not pick Konstanz
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 19) — Nordland/Nordlánnda may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Nordland/Nordlánnda · Manufacturing → Konstanz · Office → Nordland/Nordlánnda · Residential → Nordland/Nordlánnda.
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
41.8
65.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.0
72.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.1
69.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
62.0
74.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
50.7
73.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.8
55.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
24.0
37.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.6% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
2.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€53,001
€42,555
Population density
6 /km²
337 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€11,628M
€11,344M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€1,269M
€84M
GVA — industry (B–E)
—
€3,103M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€999M
€2,828M
GVA — construction (F)
€875M
€456M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,605M
€2,273M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€29,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
38,800 PPS
38,100 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€53,800
€42,800
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,085M
€24,625M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€357M
€4,717M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,839M
€57,940M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€872M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€191M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,720M
€2,618M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,006M
€2,810M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€15,042M
€10,757M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€108,822
€87,535
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,355M
€2,926M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
123,000
150,020
Self-employed persons
—
13,470
Employment in manufacturing (C)
10,000
25,680
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
82.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
4.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
3.5%
3.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
127,200
162,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
11,780
Enterprise births
—
1,076
Enterprise deaths
—
1,012
3-year enterprise survival rate
—
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
6.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.7%
37.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.8%
42.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.3%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
25.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
9.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.8%
—
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,770,189
2,573,472
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
538 /1k
603 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,092
1,811
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,829 kt
6,786 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
—
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,680
621
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
56
44
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
151,765
186,286
Population aged 65+
55,117
64,986
Population aged under 15
36,700
40,569
Median age of population
43.9 yrs
44.4 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.3%
34.9%
Crude rate of total population change
2.1 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.3 /1k
4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude death rate
9.7 /1k
11.1 /1k
Live births
2,067
2,333
Deaths
2,359
3,241
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.5%
56.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.42
1.27
Population density (persons per km²)
7 /km²
379 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
290,566
278,811
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.2%
18.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
82.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.3%
13.1%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
414 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
866 /100k
950 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
205 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.9 /100k
19.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
184 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
861 /100k
1,110 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
34 /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)
—
€0.055/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
34,152 NOK/m²
—
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
940 m
434 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
10 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
246 days/yr
78 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
15 days/yr
5 days/yr