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Among 10 NUTS 2 regions of Norway, Vestlandet (statistical region 2016) ranks best in
life expectancy (2nd) and lowest in doctors (4th).
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.
Vestlandet (statistical region 2016) vs national value
Population
Population
5th of 11 in the country
Norway 5,627,400 · -84%
Life expectancy
2nd of 10 in the country
Norway 83.2 years
Population density
4th of 7 in the country
Norway 15.3 /km² · +25%
Population change
8th of 10 in the country
Norway 5.9 ‰ · -32%
Net migration
9th of 10 in the country
Norway 4.0 ‰ · -63%
Median age
5th of 10 in the country
Norway 40.9 years · -3%
Aged 65+
5th of 10 in the country
Norway 19.0 % · -4%
Fertility
2nd of 7 in the country
Norway 1.45 · +10%
Doctors
4th of 7 in the country
Norway 507 per 100k · -3%
Labour
Unemployment
3rd of 7 in the country
Norway 4.5 % · -13%
Employment
2nd of 7 in the country
Norway 79.5 %
High-tech jobs
4th of 7 in the country
Norway 4.8 % · -44%
Society
Tourist nights
6,669 per 1,000
+256 vs 2015
3rd of 7 in the country
Norway 7,256 per 1,000 · -8%
Tertiary educated
3rd of 7 in the country
Norway 50.2 % · -14%
Eurostat does not publish these indicators for NUTS 2 regions, only for the larger
region Vestlandet (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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