NUTS-3 NO081 · Norway
Oslo
Opportunity56Momentum30Resilience53Quality of life66vs nearest peer: Arr. de Bruxelles-Capitale/Arr. Brussel-Hoofdstad →
Oslo generates €71bn of GDP across 724.3k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 56.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +2.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (89.5th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (29.7th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader100 → 99 EU percentile since 1995 (0 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost100
Economic base97
Talent & skills95
Governance95
Digital readiness92
Quality of life66
Labour market62
Freight intensity62
Resilience53
Connectivity48
Growth momentum30
Air quality29
Cost advantage21
Industrial base2
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)
56.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth29.6
Livability66.4
Market access32
Economic scale97
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.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
52.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability19
Labour stability95
Diversification7
Demographic stability89
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
48
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density37
Airport access75
Market access32
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)
95.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary98
Lifelong learning89
Knowledge workers98
Scientists & engineers96
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)
28.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.3 µg/m³
PM1019.5 µg/m³
NO220.5 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)
66.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy88
Jobs51
Education89.5
Health87
Safety55.3
Connectivity64.5
Environment29.7
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
29.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.4 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.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Finance · real estate · prof. · 38.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2832
Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 24.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 38.5%Public · health · education 26.8%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2021
GDP (current prices)
€70,970M2021
10.0% 1y 2.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€82,689M2025
1.1% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Population
724,2902025
0.9% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Unemployment rate
4.9%2025
7.5% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
Employment
496,0002021
1.4% 1y— 5y CAGR
EU percentile 94
Productivity / employee
€148,3342025
1.1% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Gross value added
€63,921M2021
12.1% 1y— 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
All indicators · 78 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€63,921M
2021 · EU pctl 97
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,571M
2021 · EU pctl 59
GVA — construction (F)
€3,526M
2021 · EU pctl 97
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€15,724M
2021 · EU pctl 97
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,600
2020 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
73,400 PPS
2021 · EU pctl 97
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€101,700
2021 · EU pctl 99
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€27,753M
2020 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€831M
2020 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€65,746M
2020 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€6,676M
2021 · EU pctl 94
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,027M
2021 · EU pctl 96
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€24,581M
2021 · EU pctl 98
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€17,127M
2021 · EU pctl 98
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€82,689M
2025 · EU pctl 98
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€148,334
2025 · EU pctl 97
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€18,446M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Employment, total persons
496,000
2021 · EU pctl 94
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,000
2021 · EU pctl 35
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.6%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.9%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
437,700
2025 · EU pctl 92
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.9%
2020 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
2.3%
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
56.5%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
63.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
21.7%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
37.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
13.8%
2025 · EU pctl 96 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
99.0%
2025 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,929,404
2025 · EU pctl 91
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
494 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · 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.
1,872
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
24,541 kt
2025 · EU pctl 92
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
12 km/1000km²
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
259
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
31
CURRENT · EU pctl 25
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
517,246
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged 65+
96,968
2025 · EU pctl 73
Population aged under 15
110,076
2025 · EU pctl 89
Median age of population
36.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 0
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
18.7%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Crude rate of total population change
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 25
Crude birth rate
12.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Crude death rate
5.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Live births
9,117
2024 · EU pctl 95
Deaths
3,944
2024 · EU pctl 64
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
40.0%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
324 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
823 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
206 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
74.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
4,135 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
15 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 93
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.57
2022 · EU pctl 90
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.94
2022 · EU pctl 97
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2022 · EU pctl 95
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.92
2022 · EU pctl 92
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)
98,381 NOK/m²
2025 · EU pctl 100
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
176 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
137 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 82
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
20
2024 · EU pctl 79
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 88
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 29
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 22
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