NUTS-3 NO092 · Norway
Population
322,1882025
GDP
€15,418M2021
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.6%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
75.5%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
16,442.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
NO092 · DEA47
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Paderborn (Opportunity 64). Runner-up: Agder (46). Contrarian pick: Agder — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Why you might not pick Paderborn
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 25) — Agder may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Paderborn · Manufacturing → Paderborn · Office → Agder · Residential → Paderborn.
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
45.7
64.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
76.0
65.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
68.4
57.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
72.0
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Connectivitytransit + air + market access
48.3
79.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
79.5
36.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.4
50.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.4% 5y
0.9% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.4% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,853
€44,718
Population density
20 /km²
253 /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)
€13,886M
€12,904M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
—
€189M
GVA — industry (B–E)
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€3,369M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,615M
€2,747M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,286M
€725M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,459M
€2,609M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€25,500
€28,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
40,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,700
€44,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,238M
€18,145M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€632M
€5,057M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€17,442M
€52,413M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,122M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€384M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,486M
€2,861M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,401M
€3,151M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€17,964M
€11,906M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€109,481
€85,386
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,399M
€2,705M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
146,000
174,170
Self-employed persons
—
13,450
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,000
33,660
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
76.6%
80.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.4%
6.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.6%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
166,800
178,000
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
11,560
Enterprise births
—
908
Enterprise deaths
—
878
3-year enterprise survival rate
—
4.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.7%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
3.2%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.1%
1.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.8%
30.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
50.6%
33.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.5%
9.3%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
29.1%
21.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
8.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
100.0%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,178,497
699,566
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
533 /1k
632 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
16,884 kt
11,464 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,849
1,831
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,815
580
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
6 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.
70
12
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
4
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
205,991
204,634
Population aged 65+
62,152
64,877
Population aged under 15
54,045
46,401
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
43.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.2%
31.7%
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2.2 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
9.0 /1k
Crude death rate
8.0 /1k
10.3 /1k
Live births
3,036
2,852
Deaths
2,580
3,253
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
54.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
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255 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
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320,140
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
24.1%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.8 yrs
81.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
13.5%
16.9%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
263 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
841 /100k
1,001 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
218 /100k
234 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
0.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.4 /100k
44.0 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
229 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,248 /100k
1,373 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
13 /M
38 /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)
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€0.055/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
36,158 NOK/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
809 m
197 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
191 days/yr
48 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
3 days/yr