NUTS-3 NO081 · Norway
Oslo
Export region data (CSV)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).
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).
All indicators · 61 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
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
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
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.
1,876
CURRENT · EU pctl 77
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
15.3%
2025 · EU pctl 17 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
339 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 33 · 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
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
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