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NO083 · DK021

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NUTS-3 NO083 · Norway

Østfold

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

NUTS-3 DK021 · Denmark

Østsjælland

Population

262,8202025

GDP

€11,348M2024

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

5.4%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

78.6%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

820.9 km²

Decision brief

Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity

Best overall fit: Østsjælland (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Østfold (45). Contrarian pick: Østfold — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

#1Østsjælland

Strengths

Governance (99) · Digital readiness (77)

No red flags

#2Østfold

Strengths

Energy cost (100) · Talent & skills (95)

No red flags

Why you might not pick Østsjælland

Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 28) — Østfold may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Østsjælland · Manufacturing → Østfold · Office → Østfold · Residential → Østsjælland.

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

54.8

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

—

72.0

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

70.3

51.5

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

37.0

—

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

51.7

61.3

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

95.3

59.0

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

46.0

48.6

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

—

2.4% 5y

Population

1.2% 5y

0.9% 5y

Unemployment rate

—

0.0% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

—

€43,177

Population density

81 /km²

320 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 91 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

—

€10,056M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

—

€52M

GVA — industry (B–E)

—

€1,369M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€1,203M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€615M

GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)

—

€2,136M

Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

€28,600

€27,500

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

33,600 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€43,400

Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2

€27,753M

€8,735M

Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2

€831M

€1,639M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€65,746M

€19,975M

GVA — real estate activities (L)

—

€1,284M

GVA — information & communication (J)

—

€200M

GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)

—

€2,799M

GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)

—

€3,085M

Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)

—

€10,726M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

—

€103,188

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

—

€2,543M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

113,680

Self-employed persons

—

6,860

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

8,340

Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2

81.4%

80.6%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

15.6%

13.5%

Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)

—

5.4%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

—

139,100

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

17,869

Enterprise births

—

1,234

Enterprise deaths

—

1,689

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

3.3%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

2.9%

1.0%

Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2

7.8%

5.4%

R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2

2.3%

0.7%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

56.5%

35.3%

Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2

63.5%

35.3%

Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2

21.7%

29.1%

Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2

37.5%

22.2%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

13.8%

9.3%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

99.0%

97.1%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

815,829

439,412

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

494 /1k

502 /1k

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

14,330 kt

7,980 kt

Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.

3,398

1,330

Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2

12 km/1000km²

40 km/1000km²

Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).

1,081

506

Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.

Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.

Demography

Population aged 15–64 (working age)

199,464

163,544

Population aged 65+

66,117

54,981

Population aged under 15

48,826

44,295

Median age of population

43.6 yrs

44.2 yrs

Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)

33.1%

33.6%

Crude rate of total population change

7.2 /1k

11.3 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

8.2 /1k

11.6 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.6 /1k

9.1 /1k

Crude death rate

9.6 /1k

9.4 /1k

Live births

2,682

2,376

Deaths

2,994

2,452

Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)

57.6%

60.7%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.47

1.69

Population density (persons per km²)

—

330 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

—

226,875

Social

At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2

15.3%

14.4%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.4 yrs

81.4 yrs

At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2

10.8%

9.2%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

324 /100k

220 /100k

Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2

823 /100k

1,062 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

206 /100k

267 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.6 /100k

0.4 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

14.4 /100k

20.0 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

—

333 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,764 /100k

2,375 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

15 /M

27 /M

Governance & institutions

Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

2.10

Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

2.02

Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

2.00

Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)

—

2.30

Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)

—

0.84

Energy

Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)

€0.064/kWh

€0.122/kWh

Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)

—

€0.043/kWh

Housing market

Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)

37,245 NOK/m²

—

Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)

—

4,396 kDKK

Climate

Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)

139 m

39 m

Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)

0 days/yr

1 days/yr

Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)

111 days/yr

59 days/yr

Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)

7 days/yr

2 days/yr