NUTS-3 NO084 · Norway
Population
740,6802025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
5,860.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
NO084 · PL218
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Akershus (Opportunity 47). Runner-up: Nowosądecki (44). Contrarian pick: Nowosądecki — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 91).
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Demographic outlook (90)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Akershus
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 21) — Nowosądecki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Akershus leads under all four archetype mandates — the recommendation is weight-stable.
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
46.7
44.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
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32.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
67.7
51.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
34.0
61.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
63.7
24.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
95.3
74.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.3
54.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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2.7% 5y
Population
1.9% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
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3.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
€12,929
Population density
126 /km²
145 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
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€5,967M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
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€128M
GVA — industry (B–E)
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€1,340M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
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€1,185M
GVA — construction (F)
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€826M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
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€1,521M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,600
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
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18,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€12,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,753M
€10,024M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€831M
€1,652M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€65,746M
€26,117M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€878M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
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€1,274M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€5,675M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€40,247
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€1,280M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
201,200
Self-employed persons
—
52,700
Employment in manufacturing (C)
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36,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.4%
73.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.6%
11.3%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
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2.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
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243,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
34,308
Enterprise births
—
3,656
Enterprise deaths
—
4,065
3-year enterprise survival rate
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6.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.9%
2.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.8%
6.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.3%
1.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
56.5%
41.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
63.5%
48.1%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
21.7%
9.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
37.5%
31.4%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.8%
11.4%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
97.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,714,168
2,529,427
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
494 /1k
588 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,630
492
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
28,710 kt
10,887 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
760
96
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
12 km/1000km²
10 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
21
95
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
482,159
330,372
Population aged 65+
127,719
88,691
Population aged under 15
130,802
91,683
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
40.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
26.5%
26.8%
Crude rate of total population change
16.2 /1k
-2.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
13.1 /1k
-1.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
8.5 /1k
Crude death rate
6.6 /1k
9.2 /1k
Live births
7,120
4,326
Deaths
4,883
4,686
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.6%
54.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.57
1.38
Population density (persons per km²)
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146 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
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494,609
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
14.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.4 yrs
79.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.8%
13.7%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
324 /100k
617 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
823 /100k
1,376 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
206 /100k
278 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
6.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
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57.4 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,823 /100k
99.8 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
15 /M
35 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
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0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
—
€0.064/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
56,970 NOK/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
156 m
508 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
141 days/yr
103 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
5 days/yr
8 days/yr