NUTS-3 NO073 · Norway
Population
75,0422025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
48,328.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
NO073 · LI000
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku (Opportunity 34). Contrarian pick: Liechtenstein — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 93).
Why you might not pick Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 32) — Liechtenstein may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Liechtenstein · Manufacturing → Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku · Office → Finnmark/Finnmárku/Finmarkku · Residential → Liechtenstein.
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
33.7
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Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
33.3
66.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.8
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Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
32.0
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Trajectories · 2012–latest
Population
0.2% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
—
Population density
2 /km²
255 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 63 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
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Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,085M
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Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€357M
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Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,839M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
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€176,501
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
—
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
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Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
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R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
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Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.7%
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Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.8%
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Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.3%
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Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
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Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
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Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.8%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
810,660
228,579
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
538 /1k
767 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,078
259
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,254 kt
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Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,437
634
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 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.
181
57
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
48,691
26,631
Population aged 65+
15,069
8,455
Population aged under 15
11,282
5,800
Median age of population
42.2 yrs
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.9%
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-0.1 /1k
21.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
20.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.6 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
9.1 /1k
7.5 /1k
Live births
721
341
Deaths
684
302
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.1%
53.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.37
Population density (persons per km²)
2 /km²
256 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
84,077
49,376
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.2%
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Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
84.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.3%
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Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
414 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
866 /100k
783 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
162 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.3 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
2.7 /100k
5.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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351 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
933 /100k
646 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
73 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.54
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.73
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.76
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
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1.59
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
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Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
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€0.070/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
31,280 NOK/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
630 m
1,346 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
241 days/yr
175 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
22 days/yr