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The Regional Potential Index is made of 9 indicators covering demographic potential (population density, net migration rate, demography dependency rate and female ratio), labour market potential (employment rate, share of the age group 25-64 with high education degree, youth unemployment rate) and economic potential (GRP/capita and total R&D investments).

The map shows that the top performer in 2015 is Oslo, the Norwegian capital region, closely followed by two other capital regions: Hovedstaden in Denmark and Stockholm in Sweden. Some particularly strong results can be seen from regions with industries, businesses and services related to oil and gas extraction. Denmark and Iceland have a large proportion of regions with high regional growth potential. In Sweden and Finland the domestic variation between the strongest and weakest regions is greater. In the south-east of Sweden, most regions scored relatively poor, and many regions received lower rankings in the eastern and northern parts of Finland.

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Regional Potential Index 2015

February, 2016

Regional Potential Index (RPI) in total points in 2015

Related Staff

Julien Grunfelder
Head of GIS department

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State of the Nordic Region 2016