NUTS-3 DK013 · Denmark
Population
478,2172025
GDP
€27,533M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
82.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
1,453.5 km²
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DK013 · DEA1C
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Mettmann (Opportunity 72). Runner-up: Nordsjælland (68). Contrarian pick: Nordsjælland — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 99).
Strengths
Governance (99) · Talent & skills (98)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Mettmann
Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 24) — Nordsjælland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Mettmann · Manufacturing → Nordsjælland · Office → Nordsjælland · Residential → Nordsjælland.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
67.6
71.8
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
60.8
51.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.3
53.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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50.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.0
82.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
98.3
43.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.2
46.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.8% 5y
0.6% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.2% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.9% 5y
2.7% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€57,574
€55,393
Population density
329 /km²
1,212 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,399M
€24,838M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
€25M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,467M
€4,969M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,219M
€4,632M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,065M
€1,344M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,562M
€8,011M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,400
€27,100
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,600 PPS
49,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,700
€55,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€37,409M
€40,936M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,284M
€5,526M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,324M
€145,544M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,565M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€483M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,244M
€6,869M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,013M
€3,620M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,087M
€22,867M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€141,098
€109,705
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,024M
€4,261M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
201,710
261,580
Self-employed persons
14,650
22,240
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,460
47,380
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.9%
76.8%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.9%
8.1%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.7%
4.8%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
251,100
239,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,367
21,212
Enterprise births
2,543
1,855
Enterprise deaths
3,546
1,894
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
4.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.6%
1.6%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
11.2%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
1.0%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
64.7%
35.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
9.6%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.4%
22.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.8%
8.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.8%
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Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,368,442
825,599
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
416 /1k
567 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,901
2,250
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,863 kt
9,338 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
607
458
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
69 km/1000km²
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Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
15
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
5
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
283,582
301,646
Population aged 65+
115,880
120,560
Population aged under 15
78,755
68,704
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
48.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.9%
40.0%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
8.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
7.7 /1k
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
13.3 /1k
Live births
3,886
3,754
Deaths
5,030
6,523
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.6%
62.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
1.42
Population density (persons per km²)
354 /km²
1,217 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
400,804
437,531
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
23.6%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
80.4 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
16.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
233 /100k
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Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
979 /100k
1,075 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
250 /100k
254 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.8 /100k
52.7 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
570 /100k
403 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,882 /100k
1,217 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
12 /M
22 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
1.78
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
1.56
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
1.58
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
1.82
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
0.53
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
€0.161/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
€0.055/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
5,163 kDKK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
29 m
121 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
39 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
5 days/yr