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NO083 · PL923

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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 PL923 · Poland

Płocki

Population

301,6822025

GDP

€9,753M2023

Unemployment· NUTS-2 source

4.1%2025

Employment· NUTS-2 source

78.4%2025

Active firms· FR-only

—

Cadastral parcels· FR-only

—

Area

3,340.5 km²

Decision brief

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

Best overall fit: Płocki (Opportunity 49). Runner-up: Østfold (45). Contrarian pick: Østfold — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).

#1Płocki

Strengths

Industrial base (99) · Freight intensity (86)

Red flags

Governance (EU bottom 15%)

Resilience (EU bottom 15%)

#2Østfold

Strengths

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

No red flags

Why you might not pick Płocki

Governance (EU bottom 15%); Resilience (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Resilience (EU pctl 10) — Østfold may suit a mandate that weights that higher.

How robust is this recommendation?

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

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

48.8

Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers

—

9.5

Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment

70.3

36.3

Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted

37.0

24.3

Connectivitytransit + air + market access

51.7

29.0

Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers

95.3

16.5

Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory

46.0

67.0

Trajectories · 2012–latest

Real GDP (2020 prices)

—

5.6% 5y

Population

1.2% 5y

1.4% 5y

Unemployment rate

—

3.5% 5y

Derived comparisons

GDP per capita

—

€32,328

Population density

81 /km²

90 /km²

Parcels per 1k pop

FR-only

Firms per 1k pop

FR-only

All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)

Economy

Gross value added, total (current prices)

—

€8,812M

GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)

—

€459M

GVA — industry (B–E)

—

€4,849M

GVA — manufacturing (C)

—

€4,621M

GVA — construction (F)

—

€655M

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

—

€1,350M

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

€28,600

€12,200

GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)

—

46,500 PPS

GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)

—

€31,500

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

€27,753M

€8,741M

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

€831M

€3,241M

Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2

€65,746M

€12,664M

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

—

€641M

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

—

€858M

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

—

€8,215M

Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)

—

€90,882

Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)

—

€2,448M

Labour market

Employment, total persons

—

132,300

Self-employed persons

—

30,500

Employment in manufacturing (C)

—

26,500

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

81.4%

75.1%

Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2

15.6%

14.2%

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

—

4.1%

Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)

—

147,300

Business demography

Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)

—

17,449

Enterprise births

—

1,961

Enterprise deaths

—

2,588

3-year enterprise survival rate

—

5.5%

Innovation & R&D

R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2

2.9%

0.3%

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

7.8%

1.8%

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

2.3%

0.2%

Education

Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2

56.5%

31.8%

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

63.5%

36.7%

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

21.7%

4.2%

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

37.5%

17.8%

Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2

13.8%

5.1%

Digital

Households with internet access ·N2

99.0%

97.7%

Tourism

Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)

815,829

175,802

Mobility

Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2

494 /1k

665 /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

Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)

14,330 kt

15,199 kt

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

1,081

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

12 km/1000km²

—

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

194,343

Population aged 65+

66,117

64,761

Population aged under 15

48,826

42,578

Median age of population

43.6 yrs

44.6 yrs

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

33.1%

33.3%

Crude rate of total population change

7.2 /1k

-8.4 /1k

Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment

8.2 /1k

-2.6 /1k

Crude birth rate

8.6 /1k

6.7 /1k

Crude death rate

9.6 /1k

12.5 /1k

Live births

2,682

2,026

Deaths

2,994

3,786

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

57.6%

55.2%

Total fertility rate (births per woman)

1.47

1.19

Population density (persons per km²)

—

92 /km²

Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)

—

185,059

Social

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

15.3%

16.4%

Life expectancy at birth ·N2

83.4 yrs

77.7 yrs

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

10.8%

15.6%

Health

Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2

324 /100k

413 /100k

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

823 /100k

1,650 /100k

Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2

206 /100k

274 /100k

Safety & crime

Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants

0.6 /100k

0.7 /100k

Robberies per 100k inhabitants

14.4 /100k

9.2 /100k

Burglaries per 100k inhabitants

—

116 /100k

Thefts per 100k inhabitants

1,764 /100k

153 /100k

Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2

15 /M

92 /M

Governance & institutions

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

—

0.52

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

—

0.69

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

—

0.35

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

—

0.67

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

—

0.54

Energy

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

€0.064/kWh

€0.113/kWh

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

—

€0.064/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

127 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

2 days/yr