NUTS-3 NO0A3 · Norway
Møre og Romsdal
Export region data (CSV)Møre og Romsdal generates €14bn of GDP across 272.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 47.5/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by livability and economic scale. Its economy has grown +0.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.7pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (94.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (63th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
47.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth31.6
Livability78.4
Market access7
Economic scale73
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)
65.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability13
Labour stability90
Diversification83
Demographic stability76
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)
38
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density98
Airport access9
Market access7
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
78.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy70.5
Jobs63
Education80.5
Health90
Safety71.7
Connectivity94.5
Environment—
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
31.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+0.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+0.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.5%
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 · 28.7%Diversified · HHI 2045
Agriculture 6.7%Industry 22.5%Construction 6.8%Trade · transport · ICT 16.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 18.3%Public · health · education 28.7%
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)
€12,875M
2021 · EU pctl 72
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€857M
2021 · EU pctl 96
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,903M
2021 · EU pctl 70
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,096M
2021 · EU pctl 68
GVA — construction (F)
€882M
2021 · EU pctl 77
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,182M
2021 · EU pctl 66
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)
38,800 PPS
2021 · EU pctl 70
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€53,700
2021 · EU pctl 87
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)
€1,088M
2021 · EU pctl 55
GVA — information & communication (J)
€272M
2021 · EU pctl 63
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,355M
2021 · EU pctl 67
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,696M
2021 · EU pctl 80
Labour market
Employment, total persons
137,000
2021 · EU pctl 58
Employment in manufacturing (C)
21,000
2021 · EU pctl 57
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)
1,881,909
2025 · EU pctl 68
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.
4,201
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,542
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
118
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
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)
169,748
2025 · EU pctl 53
Population aged 65+
58,660
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
44,005
2025 · EU pctl 61
Median age of population
42.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 16
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.6%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Crude rate of total population change
6.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 62
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Live births
2,483
2024 · EU pctl 63
Deaths
2,372
2024 · EU pctl 40
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.5%
2025 · EU pctl 60
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.58
2024 · EU pctl 85
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
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
878 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
11 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 0 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
1,285 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
253 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 100
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
18 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 95
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 50
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