Hordaland
• Population:
478.000
•
City of Bergen: 257.000
• Workforce : ab.
245.000 (74% of
popl.15-74 yr)
•
Growth in workforce 2004 - 2008: 2,7
% pr. year
• Unemployment rate:
2,8 % (Febr.
2010)
• GDP:
€ 18 625 M
• R&D expenditures of industry:
NOK
1 525M (~ € 191M)
• Main industrial sectors:
•
Mechanical manufacturing,
metallurgical, petrochemical,
shipbuilding, off-shore related and
supply, aquaculture, fisheries,
building and construction, energy