NUTS-3 NO093 · Norway
Vestfold
Its Opportunity Index of 41.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (97th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (38th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost100
Digital readiness98
Talent & skills80
Air quality73
Quality of life70
Connectivity67
Freight intensity53
Cost advantage43
Growth momentum42
Labour market28
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)
41.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 3/4 pillars
Growth42
Livability69.7
Market access13
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)
66.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density96
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)
69.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs38
Education70.5
Health81
Safety70
Connectivity97
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
42
/ 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
+0.6 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.
Trends · 2014–2025
Population
258,0712025
0.6% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
All indicators · 55 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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 50 · 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.
3,242
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,576 kt
2025 · EU pctl 53
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
6 km/1000km²
2023 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,256
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
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
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
263 /100k
2024 · 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
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)
39,491 NOK/m²
2025 · EU pctl 50
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
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 21
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