NUTS-3 NO072 · Norway
Population
170,4792025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
25,961.2 km²
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NO072
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
38.1
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.9
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
59.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
42.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.3
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
Population density
7 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 50 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,085M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€357M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,839M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
5
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
33 /M
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,029,094
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
538 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,936
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3,482
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
110,706
Population aged 65+
34,599
Population aged under 15
25,174
Median age of population
41.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
Crude rate of total population change
5.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
8.8 /1k
Live births
1,532
Deaths
1,499
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
Population density (persons per km²)
7 /km²
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
412 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
866 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.8 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,236 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
807 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
251 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr