NUTS-3 NO085 · Norway
Population
271,2482025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
14,799.6 km²
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NO085
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
69.1
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
40.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
40.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
95.3
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
Population density
18 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
All indicators · 48 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,753M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€831M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€65,746M
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.9%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.8%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
56.5%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
63.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
21.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
37.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,995,970
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
494 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,555
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,679
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
173,889
Population aged 65+
54,948
Population aged under 15
42,411
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.6%
Crude rate of total population change
5.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
Live births
2,349
Deaths
2,480
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.4 yrs
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
339 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
823 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
206 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.5 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,877 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
15 /M
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
649 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
190 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr