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
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2 regions side-by-side
NO072 · BE335
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Arr. Verviers — communes francophones (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa (37). Contrarian pick: Troms/Romsa/Tromssa — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Air quality (95) · Connectivity (81)
Red flags
Labour market (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Arr. Verviers — communes francophones
Labour market (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Labour market (EU pctl 6) — Troms/Romsa/Tromssa may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Arr. Verviers — communes francophones 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
56.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
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55.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.9
51.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
59.3
95.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
42.3
80.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.8
79.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
40.7
35.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
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0.8% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
1.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
€34,417
Population density
7 /km²
184 /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)
—
€6,659M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
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€73M
GVA — industry (B–E)
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€1,058M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
—
€800M
GVA — construction (F)
—
€646M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
—
€1,129M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€25,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
—
30,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€34,500
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€7,085M
€8,523M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€357M
€941M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€12,839M
€22,375M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
—
€868M
GVA — information & communication (J)
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€44M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
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€1,836M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
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€1,917M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€6,263M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€101,736
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€1,522M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
74,600
Self-employed persons
—
15,300
Employment in manufacturing (C)
—
8,500
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
65.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
—
22.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
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7.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
88,200
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.9%
2.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.2%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.3%
1.5%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
43.7%
41.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
46.8%
47.0%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
20.3%
15.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
29.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
11.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
98.8%
94.1%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,029,094
1,182,701
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
538 /1k
497 /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
2,115
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,656 kt
2,266 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
0 km/1000km²
69 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3,483
989
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
47
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
134,272
Population aged 65+
34,599
43,472
Population aged under 15
25,174
36,016
Median age of population
41.5 yrs
41.8 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
32.4%
Crude rate of total population change
5.1 /1k
3.6 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
4.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
9.1 /1k
Crude death rate
8.8 /1k
9.8 /1k
Live births
1,532
1,945
Deaths
1,499
2,090
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
59.2%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
1.50
Population density (persons per km²)
7 /km²
184 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
213,727
206,347
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
20.2%
19.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.6 yrs
80.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
15.3%
14.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
414 /100k
558 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
866 /100k
1,052 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
216 /100k
236 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
1.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.8 /100k
51.2 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
401 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,236 /100k
969 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
33 /M
51 /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)
—
1.41
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
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
399 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
251 days/yr
54 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
6 days/yr