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Among 10 NUTS 2 regions of Norway, Oslo og Akershus (statistical region 2016) ranks best in
life expectancy (1st) and lowest in unemployment (7th).
Over time
Indicator
The dashed line is the value for the whole country. Where Eurostat does not publish
it, only the region line is shown.
Oslo og Akershus (statistical region 2016) vs national value
Population
Population
1,251,687
+18,833 vs 2015
3rd of 11 in the country
Norway 5,627,400 · -78%
Life expectancy
1st of 10 in the country
Norway 83.2 years
Population density
1st of 7 in the country
Norway 15.3 /km² · +1598%
Population change
1st of 10 in the country
Norway 5.9 ‰ · +178%
Net migration
1st of 10 in the country
Norway 4.0 ‰ · +163%
Median age
10th of 10 in the country
Norway 40.9 years · -8%
Aged 65+
10th of 10 in the country
Norway 19.0 % · -25%
Fertility
7th of 7 in the country
Norway 1.45
Doctors
2nd of 7 in the country
Norway 507 per 100k · +13%
Labour
Unemployment
7th of 7 in the country
Norway 4.5 % · +4%
Employment
1st of 7 in the country
Norway 79.5 % · +2%
High-tech jobs
1st of 7 in the country
Norway 4.8 % · +69%
Society
Tourist nights
5,597 per 1,000
+143 vs 2015
6th of 7 in the country
Norway 7,256 per 1,000 · -23%
Tertiary educated
1st of 7 in the country
Norway 50.2 % · +7%
Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 2 regions, only for the larger
region Oslo og Akershus (statistical region 2016) belongs to.
GDP per capita
59,400 €/inh.
+6,100 vs 2020
Income per capita
27,200 €/inh.
−1,800 vs 2019
Ranks are among regions of the same NUTS level within the same country. The NUTS levels are
defined by Eurostat: NUTS 1 are the largest regions, NUTS 3 the smallest.
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