NUTS-3 NO0A1 · Norway
Population
504,4962025
GDP
€31,582M2021
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
4.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
9,249 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NO0A1 · DEA33
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt (Opportunity 65). Runner-up: Rogaland (54). Contrarian pick: Rogaland — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Economic base (95) · Demographic outlook (86)
Red flags
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 9) — Rogaland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Münster, Kreisfreie Stadt 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
54.4
64.9
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
58.0
38.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
74.6
47.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
61.3
41.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
53.7
74.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
88.8
33.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
36.0
38.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.1% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.5% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
5.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€62,602
€70,669
Population density
55 /km²
1,018 /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)
€28,445M
€19,898M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€400M
€58M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€9,388M
€1,616M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,927M
€1,191M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,740M
€541M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,259M
€4,518M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€27,000
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,100 PPS
63,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€65,300
€71,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€17,795M
€20,727M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,330M
€2,530M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,790M
€59,763M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,883M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€1,164M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,197M
€5,968M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,462M
€7,196M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€36,797M
€18,310M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€123,381
€92,383
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€8,478M
€4,158M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
265,000
248,250
Self-employed persons
—
14,820
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,000
13,200
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.6%
79.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.6%
4.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
3.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
281,100
179,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
11,945
Enterprise births
—
984
Enterprise deaths
—
968
3-year enterprise survival rate
—
4.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
1.2%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.8%
3.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
49.2%
30.1%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
57.4%
35.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
22.0%
8.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
31.9%
20.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
11.2%
7.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.5%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,434,823
1,252,704
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
503 /1k
590 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
18,436 kt
5,007 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,173
1,170
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
827
380
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
1 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.
47
21
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)
329,253
211,963
Population aged 65+
83,472
57,608
Population aged under 15
91,771
38,687
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
39.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
25.4%
27.2%
Crude rate of total population change
10.1 /1k
3.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
4.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.6 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
6.7 /1k
9.1 /1k
Live births
5,326
2,580
Deaths
3,351
2,815
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
53.2%
45.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.63
1.12
Population density (persons per km²)
—
1,019 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
302,154
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
13.2%
24.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.6 yrs
80.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.1%
18.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
289 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
795 /100k
1,053 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
213 /100k
246 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.2 /100k
87.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
654 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,894 /100k
2,569 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
11 /M
35 /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)
43,131 NOK/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
653 m
67 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
8 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
159 days/yr
44 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
43 days/yr
3 days/yr