NUTS-3 NO0A3 · Norway
Møre og Romsdal
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader95 → 93 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Energy cost100
Governance95
Digital readiness91
Talent & skills89
Freight intensity79
Quality of life78
Economic base70
Labour market70
Resilience66
Industrial base46
Connectivity38
Growth momentum32
Cost advantage29
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)
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).
Trends · 2009–2021
GDP (current prices)
€14,294M2021
12.5% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€16,655M2025
1.1% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Population
272,4132025
0.7% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Unemployment rate
4.1%2025
46.4% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Employment
137,0002021
0.0% 1y— 5y CAGR
EU percentile 58
Productivity / employee
€108,0182025
1.1% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Gross value added
€12,875M2021
14.7% 1y— 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
All indicators · 78 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€16,655M
2025 · EU pctl 80
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€108,018
2025 · EU pctl 88
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€3,837M
2025 · EU pctl 77
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
4.1%
2025 · EU pctl 45
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
144,900
2025 · EU pctl 58
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.4%
2023 · EU pctl 64 · 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.
4,192
CURRENT · EU pctl 94
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
12,022 kt
2025 · EU pctl 71
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,539
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
1 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
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
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
289 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19 · 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
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.82
2022 · EU pctl 93
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.57
2022 · EU pctl 90
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.94
2022 · EU pctl 97
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.03
2022 · EU pctl 95
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.92
2022 · EU pctl 92
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)
31,388 NOK/m²
2025 · EU pctl 21
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
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.7%
2021 · EU pctl 34
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