NUTS-3 NO083 · Norway
Population
314,4072025
GDP
—
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
80.3%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
3,898.8 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
NO083 · AT121
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Østfold (45). Contrarian pick: Østfold — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Strengths
Freight intensity (94) · Industrial base (82)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 3) — Østfold may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
Mostviertel-Eisenwurzen 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
44.8
49.0
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
—
79.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
70.3
51.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
37.0
41.3
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
51.7
31.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
95.3
56.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
46.0
37.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
—
0.6% 5y
Population
1.2% 5y
0.3% 5y
Unemployment rate
—
0.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
—
€40,551
Population density
81 /km²
75 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
—
€9,144M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
—
€427M
GVA — industry (B–E)
—
€2,740M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
—
€2,463M
GVA — construction (F)
—
€863M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
—
€1,617M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€28,600
€31,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
—
36,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
—
€40,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€27,753M
€18,609M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€831M
€2,844M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€65,746M
€35,602M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
—
€1,899M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
—
€1,597M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
—
€8,666M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
—
€100,380
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
—
€2,600M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
—
108,900
Self-employed persons
—
15,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
—
26,000
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.4%
79.4%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.6%
8.0%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
—
4.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
—
128,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
—
13,701
Enterprise births
—
897
Enterprise deaths
—
597
3-year enterprise survival rate
—
2.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.9%
1.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.8%
4.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
2.3%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
56.5%
36.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
63.5%
39.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
21.7%
13.7%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
37.5%
23.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
13.8%
9.2%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
99.0%
95.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
815,829
724,183
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
494 /1k
663 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
3,398
2
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,330 kt
15,204 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,081
1
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
12 km/1000km²
20 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
59
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
199,464
160,504
Population aged 65+
66,117
51,608
Population aged under 15
48,826
38,680
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
44.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
32.2%
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
0.1 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
1.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
10.1 /1k
Live births
2,682
2,149
Deaths
2,994
2,523
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
56.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.47
Population density (persons per km²)
—
76 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
—
248,723
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
15.3%
13.5%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
83.4 yrs
81.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
10.8%
11.0%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
324 /100k
636 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
823 /100k
1,047 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
206 /100k
230 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.4 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.4 /100k
6.4 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
362 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,764 /100k
659 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
15 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.74
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.40
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.64
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
—
1.37
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
—
0.60
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
€0.156/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
—
€0.049/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
37,245 NOK/m²
—
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
139 m
533 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
5 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
111 days/yr
85 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
10 days/yr