NUTS-3 NO083 · Norway
Østfold
Its Opportunity Index of 44.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (93th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (38th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost100
Talent & skills95
Digital readiness92
Freight intensity81
Quality of life70
Labour market62
Connectivity52
Growth momentum46
Air quality37
Cost advantage21
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)
44.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 3/4 pillars
Growth46
Livability70.3
Market access18
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)
51.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density94
Airport access43
Market access18
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)
37
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.2 µg/m³
PM1015.8 µg/m³
NO214.9 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)
70.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy79
Jobs51
Education89.5
Health87
Safety54.7
Connectivity93
Environment38
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
46
/ 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
+1.0%
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.
Trends · 2014–2025
Population
314,4072025
0.7% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 60
All indicators · 56 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€28,600
2020 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
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
Labour market
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
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)
815,829
2025 · EU pctl 47
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.
3,398
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,330 kt
2025 · EU pctl 76
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,081
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
12 km/1000km²
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
60
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
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)
199,464
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged 65+
66,117
2025 · EU pctl 56
Population aged under 15
48,826
2025 · EU pctl 65
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.1%
2025 · EU pctl 27
Crude rate of total population change
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 78
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Live births
2,682
2024 · EU pctl 66
Deaths
2,994
2024 · EU pctl 50
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.6%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
14.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,764 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
15 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · 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)
37,245 NOK/m²
2025 · EU pctl 43
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
139 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
111 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
7 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 75
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 59
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 66
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
62
2024 · EU pctl 83
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.8%
2021 · EU pctl 72
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Norway regions