NUTS-3 NO093 · Norway
Vestfold
Export region data (CSV)On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (97.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (38th).
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
67
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access91
Market access13
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)
73
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.56 µg/m³
PM1013 µg/m³
NO210.6 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)
69.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs38
Education70.5
Health81
Safety70
Connectivity97.5
Environment74.7
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
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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
+0.6 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.
All indicators · 48 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€25,500
2020 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
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
Labour market
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)
1,628,231
2025 · EU pctl 64
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.
3,387
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,312
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
16
CURRENT · EU pctl 9
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)
161,871
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged 65+
55,966
2025 · EU pctl 47
Population aged under 15
40,234
2025 · EU pctl 56
Median age of population
44.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 26
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.6%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
8.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude death rate
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Live births
2,155
2024 · EU pctl 56
Deaths
2,268
2024 · EU pctl 38
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.4%
2025 · EU pctl 52
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.46
2024 · EU pctl 62
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
0.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
28.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 61
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,876 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
13 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
145 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 39
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
120 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
12 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
11
2024 · EU pctl 37
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Norway regions