NUTS-3 NO072 · Norway
Troms/Romsa/Tromssa
Its Opportunity Index of 37.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (95.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (59.7th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost100
Freight intensity97
Demographic outlook93
Digital readiness91
Talent & skills73
Quality of life71
Air quality59
Labour market53
Connectivity42
Growth momentum41
Cost advantage37
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
37.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 3/4 pillars
Growth40.7
Livability70.9
Market access0
Economic scale—
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
42.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density100
Airport access27
Market access0
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
72.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary73
Lifelong learning87
Knowledge workers66
Scientists & engineers65
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
59.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.4 µg/m³
PM1013.2 µg/m³
NO218.5 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
70.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy63
Jobs63.5
Education73.5
Health74
Safety67.3
Connectivity95.5
Environment59.7
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
40.7
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 3/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
—
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
—
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
—
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
—
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Trends · 2014–2025
Population
170,4792025
0.5% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 34
All indicators · 56 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,600
2020 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,085M
2020 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€357M
2020 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€12,839M
2020 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Labour market
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.9%
2020 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.2%
2018 · EU pctl 9 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.3%
2023 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.7%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.8%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
20.3%
2025 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.1%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.8%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,029,094
2025 · EU pctl 70
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
538 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,937
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,656 kt
2025 · EU pctl 70
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
0 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
3,483
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
79
CURRENT · EU pctl 73
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
110,706
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged 65+
34,599
2025 · EU pctl 28
Population aged under 15
25,174
2025 · EU pctl 38
Median age of population
41.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 10
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of total population change
5.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude death rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
1,532
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
1,499
2024 · EU pctl 20
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
7 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 1
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
213,727
2100 · EU pctl 49
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
414 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
866 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
216 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,236 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
33 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.064/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 0
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
48,646 NOK/m²
2025 · EU pctl 79
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
807 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
251 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 100
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
6 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 71
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 32
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 82
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.3%
2021 · EU pctl 43
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