NUTS-3 NO0A2 · Norway
Vestland
Export region data (CSV)Vestland generates €37bn of GDP across 655.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +0.6%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (95th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (60th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth32.2
Livability76.9
Market access18
Economic scale92
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)
62.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability21
Labour stability90
Diversification61
Demographic stability78
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)
44.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density99
Airport access17
Market access18
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)
88.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary94
Lifelong learning89
Knowledge workers89
Scientists & engineers83
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)
75.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.55.2 µg/m³
PM1010.1 µg/m³
NO213.8 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)
76.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy73.5
Jobs63
Education80.5
Health90
Safety60
Connectivity95
Environment76.3
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
32.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+0.9%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.7 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-0.4 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 · 31.2%Diversified · HHI 2187
Agriculture 2.9%Industry 21.5%Construction 7.6%Trade · transport · ICT 16.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 20.5%Public · health · education 31.2%
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 · 63 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€32,889M
2021 · EU pctl 92
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€965M
2021 · EU pctl 97
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,079M
2021 · EU pctl 92
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€3,210M
2021 · EU pctl 82
GVA — construction (F)
€2,496M
2021 · EU pctl 95
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,361M
2021 · EU pctl 87
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,200
2020 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
41,200 PPS
2021 · EU pctl 76
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,100
2021 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€17,795M
2020 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,330M
2020 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€42,790M
2020 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,656M
2021 · EU pctl 81
GVA — information & communication (J)
€973M
2021 · EU pctl 83
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,727M
2021 · EU pctl 89
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€10,261M
2021 · EU pctl 95
Labour market
Employment, total persons
334,000
2021 · EU pctl 88
Employment in manufacturing (C)
30,000
2021 · EU pctl 71
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.6%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.6%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2020 · EU pctl 67 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.8%
2025 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
49.2%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
57.4%
2025 · EU pctl 94 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
22.0%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
31.9%
2025 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
11.2%
2025 · EU pctl 83 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
98.5%
2025 · EU pctl 91 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
6,242,248
2025 · EU pctl 90
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
503 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · 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.
12,363
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,887
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
94
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
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)
422,374
2025 · EU pctl 87
Population aged 65+
124,620
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged under 15
108,216
2025 · EU pctl 89
Median age of population
40.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 5
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.5%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of total population change
6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 80
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 44
Crude birth rate
9.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
7.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Live births
6,379
2024 · EU pctl 91
Deaths
5,087
2024 · EU pctl 75
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.1%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
13.2%
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
83.6 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
303 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
795 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
213 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 29 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 36
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,579 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
11 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
965 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
213 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
30 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 99
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 7
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 59
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
58
2024 · EU pctl 71
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
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