NUTS-3 NO072 · Norway
Population
170,4792025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
3.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
25,961.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
NO072 · BE323
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Arr. Mons (Opportunity 57). Runner-up: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa (37). Contrarian pick: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Demographic outlook (77) · Connectivity (71)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Industrial base (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Arr. Mons
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Industrial base (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 5) — Troms/Romsa/Tromssa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Arr. Mons 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
37.2
56.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
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44.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.9
36.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
59.3
44.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
42.3
70.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.8
65.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
40.7
53.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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2.0% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
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1.4% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
€34,038
Population density
7 /km²
440 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 86 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
—
€8,078M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
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€34M
GVA — industry (B–E)
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€572M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
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€372M
GVA — construction (F)
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€260M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
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€2,053M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€24,300
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
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30,400 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€34,100
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,085M
€8,772M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€357M
€1,340M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,839M
€23,931M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
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€934M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€744M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€1,810M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
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€3,350M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€7,574M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€103,739
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
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€1,867M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
88,700
Self-employed persons
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13,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
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5,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
65.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
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23.6%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
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8.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
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110,900
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.7%
37.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.8%
40.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.3%
10.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
10.6%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.8%
94.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,029,094
209,056
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
538 /1k
498 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,937
1,429
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,656 kt
3,771 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
75 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3,483
545
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
39
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
110,706
168,086
Population aged 65+
34,599
52,223
Population aged under 15
25,174
41,868
Median age of population
41.5 yrs
42.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
31.1%
Crude rate of total population change
5.1 /1k
3.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
5.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
8.8 /1k
10.8 /1k
Live births
1,532
2,293
Deaths
1,499
2,829
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
56.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.41
Population density (persons per km²)
7 /km²
448 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
213,727
278,243
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.2%
24.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
80.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.3%
14.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
414 /100k
603 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
866 /100k
1,129 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
251 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
3.8 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.8 /100k
183 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
423 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,236 /100k
1,401 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
42 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.41
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.34
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
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1.58
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
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0.25
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.130/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
—
€0.046/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
48,646 NOK/m²
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
807 m
29 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
251 days/yr
34 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
2 days/yr