NUTS-3 NO092 · Norway
Agder
Export region data (CSV)Agder generates €15bn of GDP across 322.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 45.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 0.6pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (98.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (38th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
45.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth27.4
Livability68.4
Market access12
Economic scale75
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)
75.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability17
Labour stability96
Diversification98
Demographic stability92
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 density99
Airport access33
Market access12
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)
79.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary82
Lifelong learning88
Knowledge workers83
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.57 µg/m³
PM1010.2 µg/m³
NO213 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)
68.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy59
Jobs38
Education70.5
Health81
Safety59.3
Connectivity98.5
Environment72.7
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
27.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+1.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.0%
CAGR
Employment rate
+0.6 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.3 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: Public · health · education · 31.7%Diversified · HHI 1724
Construction 9.3%Trade · transport · ICT 17.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.9%Public · health · education 31.7%
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)
€13,886M
2021 · EU pctl 75
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,615M
2021 · EU pctl 59
GVA — construction (F)
€1,286M
2021 · EU pctl 86
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,459M
2021 · EU pctl 70
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,500
2020 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
35,900 PPS
2021 · EU pctl 61
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€49,700
2021 · EU pctl 83
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,238M
2020 · EU pctl 26 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€632M
2020 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€17,442M
2020 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,122M
2021 · EU pctl 57
GVA — information & communication (J)
€384M
2021 · EU pctl 70
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,486M
2021 · EU pctl 69
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,401M
2021 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
146,000
2021 · EU pctl 61
Employment in manufacturing (C)
15,000
2021 · EU pctl 44
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
76.6%
2025 · EU pctl 39 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.4%
2025 · EU pctl 46 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.7%
2020 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.2%
2025 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
43.8%
2025 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
50.6%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
20.5%
2025 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
29.1%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
100.0%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,178,497
2025 · EU pctl 71
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
533 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 27 · 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.
5,901
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,832
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
70
CURRENT · EU pctl 66
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)
205,991
2025 · EU pctl 62
Population aged 65+
62,152
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged under 15
54,045
2025 · EU pctl 69
Median age of population
41.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 7
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
30.2%
2025 · EU pctl 14
Crude rate of total population change
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 60
Crude birth rate
9.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Crude death rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Live births
3,036
2024 · EU pctl 70
Deaths
2,580
2024 · EU pctl 43
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
56.4%
2025 · EU pctl 29
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
18.9%
2025 · EU pctl 43 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
82.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 74 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
264 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
841 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
218 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,248 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
13 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
809 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)
191 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 98
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 8
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 54
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 84
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
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