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Among 7 NUTS 2 regions of Norway, Sør-Østlandet (statistical region 2016) ranks best in
high-tech jobs (2nd) and lowest in employment (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.
Sør-Østlandet (statistical region 2016) vs national value
Population
Population
4th of 11 in the country
Norway 5,627,400 · -83%
Life expectancy
7th of 10 in the country
Norway 83.2 years
Population density
3rd of 7 in the country
Norway 15.3 /km² · +92%
Population change
5th of 10 in the country
Norway 5.9 ‰ · +7%
Net migration
3rd of 10 in the country
Norway 4.0 ‰ · +50%
Median age
2nd of 10 in the country
Norway 40.9 years · +4%
Aged 65+
3rd of 10 in the country
Norway 19.0 % · +3%
Fertility
3rd of 7 in the country
Norway 1.45 · +6%
Doctors
6th of 7 in the country
Norway 507 per 100k · -18%
Labour
Unemployment
5th of 7 in the country
Norway 4.5 %
Employment
7th of 7 in the country
Norway 79.5 % · -4%
High-tech jobs
2nd of 7 in the country
Norway 4.8 % · -25%
Society
Tourist nights
6,002 per 1,000
+68 vs 2015
4th of 7 in the country
Norway 7,256 per 1,000 · -17%
Tertiary educated
6th of 7 in the country
Norway 50.2 % · -26%
Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 2 regions, only for the larger
region Sør-Østlandet (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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