Most and least satisfied youth

Analysis: why are some at the top and others at the bottom?

We compared share satisfied with their health with every other municipal figure we have, from Statistics Norway, NIPH and the Brønnøysund Register Centre. Below are the figures that go most closely together with share satisfied with their health across the country, and what marks the municipalities at the top and bottom on those figures.

The pattern across the country

• Municipalities that rank high on «Share with lower secondary as highest education (16 and over)» most often rank low on share satisfied with their health (weak association, rank correlation −0.28 across 257 municipalities; Statistics Norway table 09429).
• Municipalities that rank high on «Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national numeracy test, year 8» most often also rank high on share satisfied with their health (weak association, rank correlation 0.23 across 250 municipalities; Statistics Norway table 12255).
• Municipalities that rank high on «New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants» most often also rank high on share satisfied with their health (weak association, rank correlation 0.23 across 255 municipalities; Statistics Norway table 13701).
• Municipalities that rank high on «Completed upper secondary education (standardised)» most often also rank high on share satisfied with their health (weak association, rank correlation 0.22 across 245 municipalities; NIPH indicator 623).

The highest and the lowest

• No. 1 Nore og Uvdal (80.1%) Fits the pattern: «New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants» 15.29 per 1,000 (no. 14 of 355 from the top; Statistics Norway table 13701); «Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national numeracy test, year 8» 73.3% (no. 41 of 288 from the top; Statistics Norway table 12255); «Completed upper secondary education (standardised)» 84.1% (no. 60 of 269 from the top; NIPH indicator 623). Most distinctive industry: produksjon av metallvarer, unntatt maskiner og utstyr, 5% of the jobs, 6.0 times the national share (Statistics Norway table 13470, 2025).
• No. 2 Sauda (79.5%) Fits the pattern: «Completed upper secondary education (standardised)» 85.8% (no. 38 of 269 from the top; NIPH indicator 623). Most distinctive industry: produksjon av metaller, 10% of the jobs, 27.5 times the national share (Statistics Norway table 13470, 2025).
• No. 3 Sogndal (76.9%) Fits the pattern: «Share with lower secondary as highest education (16 and over)» 17.8% (no. 353 of 357 from the top; Statistics Norway table 09429); «Completed upper secondary education (standardised)» 86.0% (no. 35 of 269 from the top; NIPH indicator 623); «Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national numeracy test, year 8» 73.0% (no. 46 of 288 from the top; Statistics Norway table 12255). Most distinctive industry: offentlig administrasjon og forsvar, og trygdeordninger underlagt offentlig forvaltning, 15% of the jobs, 2.3 times the national share (Statistics Norway table 13470, 2025).
• No. 257 Balsfjord (49.0%, among the lowest) Fits the pattern: «Share with lower secondary as highest education (16 and over)» 32.8% (no. 25 of 357 from the top; Statistics Norway table 09429); «Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national numeracy test, year 8» 50.0% (no. 260 of 288 from the top; Statistics Norway table 12255); «Completed upper secondary education (standardised)» 73.8% (no. 230 of 269 from the top; NIPH indicator 623). Most distinctive industry: jordbruk og tjenester tilknyttet jordbruk, jakt og viltstell, 7% of the jobs, 5.9 times the national share (Statistics Norway table 13470, 2025).
• No. 256 Kvæfjord (52.3%, among the lowest) Fits the pattern: «New enterprises per 1,000 inhabitants» 5.23 per 1,000 (no. 339 of 355 from the top; Statistics Norway table 13701). Goes against the pattern: «Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national numeracy test, year 8» 70.4% (no. 66 of 288 from the top; Statistics Norway table 12255). Most distinctive industry: pleie- og omsorgstjenester i institusjon, 28% of the jobs, 5.1 times the national share (Statistics Norway table 13470, 2025).
• No. 255 Frøya (53.4%, among the lowest) Fits the pattern: «Pupils at mastery levels 3–5, national numeracy test, year 8» 45.8% (no. 274 of 288 from the top; Statistics Norway table 12255); «Completed upper secondary education (standardised)» 73.5% (no. 232 of 269 from the top; NIPH indicator 623); «Share with lower secondary as highest education (16 and over)» 30.1% (no. 53 of 357 from the top; Statistics Norway table 09429). Most distinctive industry: fiske, fangst og akvakultur, 22% of the jobs, 26.9 times the national share (Statistics Norway table 13470, 2025).

The analysis describes what goes together, not what causes what. Two figures can follow each other because both depend on something else, such as size, location or industry. The figures are from the latest year available for each source, so the years can differ. Rank correlation runs from −1 to 1; values near 1 mean the municipalities lie in roughly the same order on both measures.