NUTS-3 NO085 · Norway
Buskerud
Export region data (CSV)On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (95.5th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (40.3th).
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density99
Airport access8
Market access14
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58 µg/m³
PM1016.4 µg/m³
NO216.8 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)
69.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy79
Jobs51
Education89.5
Health87
Safety40.3
Connectivity95.5
Environment41.3
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
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insufficient history (2/5 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
—
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.
All indicators · 48 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
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)
1,995,970
2025 · EU pctl 70
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.
4,555
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,679
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
173,889
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
54,948
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged under 15
42,411
2025 · EU pctl 59
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.6%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Crude rate of total population change
5.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
9.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Live births
2,349
2024 · EU pctl 60
Deaths
2,480
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.0%
2025 · EU pctl 27
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.44
2024 · EU pctl 59
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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
18.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,877 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
15 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
649 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
190 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
9 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 81
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 63
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 75
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Norway regions