NUTS-3 DK022 · Denmark
Population
592,0822025
GDP
€28,354M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
6,498.9 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DK022 · NL423
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Zuid-Limburg (Opportunity 73). Runner-up: Vest- og Sydsjælland (60). Contrarian pick: Vest- og Sydsjælland — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Zuid-Limburg
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 27) — Vest- og Sydsjælland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Zuid-Limburg · Manufacturing → Vest- og Sydsjælland · Office → Zuid-Limburg · Residential → Zuid-Limburg.
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
59.7
73.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
61.0
51.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
52.9
60.5
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
65.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
48.7
78.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
59.0
78.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
50.0
48.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
4.0% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
3.0% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€47,888
€48,695
Population density
91 /km²
906 /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)
€25,127M
€26,227M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€510M
€137M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,692M
€3,961M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,103M
€3,187M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,658M
€1,011M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,299M
€5,754M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,500
€25,400
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
37,000 PPS
41,800 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,800
€48,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,735M
€11,196M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,639M
€1,560M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€19,975M
€26,730M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,595M
€2,032M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€271M
€846M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,395M
€6,823M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,573M
€7,948M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€26,799M
€24,214M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€119,042
€96,491
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,353M
€6,137M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
246,220
316,700
Self-employed persons
18,080
50,000
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,680
26,800
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.6%
83.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.5%
6.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.4%
3.0%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
303,700
323,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
32,442
58,654
Enterprise births
2,382
4,953
Enterprise deaths
3,246
3,064
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
6.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
—
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.4%
3.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
—
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.3%
37.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
48.8%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
29.1%
22.9%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.2%
26.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
10.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.1%
98.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,819,631
5,746,388
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
502 /1k
545 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,699 kt
11,431 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,773
1,955
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
806
326
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
40 km/1000km²
98 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
104
9
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
6
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
357,066
369,339
Population aged 65+
151,381
158,360
Population aged under 15
83,635
72,450
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
48.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.4%
42.9%
Crude rate of total population change
-1.7 /1k
-0.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
5.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
7.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
12.7 /1k
Live births
4,314
4,289
Deaths
7,122
7,607
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.8%
62.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
1.25
Population density (persons per km²)
94 /km²
922 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
593,598
576,883
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.4%
17.2%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
81.6 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.2%
14.4%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
220 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,062 /100k
1,066 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
267 /100k
249 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.0 /100k
—
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
33.3 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
477 /100k
208 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,644 /100k
1,385 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
33 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
1.77
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
1.72
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
1.73
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
1.92
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
0.63
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
€0.142/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
€0.039/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
1,892 kDKK
—
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
8 m
87 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
38 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr