NUTS-3 NO094 · Norway
Telemark
Export region data (CSV)On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (98.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (38th).
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
41.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density99
Airport access14
Market access11
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)
48.3
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.5 µg/m³
PM1017.1 µg/m³
NO210.4 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)
64.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy57
Jobs38
Education70.5
Health81
Safety57
Connectivity98.5
Environment49.7
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 · 49 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)
1,236,967
2025 · EU pctl 58
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.
3,371
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,895
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
101
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
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)
110,463
2025 · EU pctl 36
Population aged 65+
40,387
2025 · EU pctl 34
Population aged under 15
27,013
2025 · EU pctl 40
Median age of population
44.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 34
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.6%
2025 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of total population change
4.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude birth rate
8.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Crude death rate
9.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Live births
1,428
2024 · EU pctl 40
Deaths
1,757
2024 · EU pctl 27
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
61.0%
2025 · EU pctl 63
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.41
2024 · EU pctl 53
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 42
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
27.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,712 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
13 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
267 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 57
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
142 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
11 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
17
2024 · EU pctl 68
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
10
2024 · EU pctl 36
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
56
2024 · EU pctl 63
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Norway regions