NUTS-3 DK032 · Denmark
Population
733,1232025
GDP
€45,185M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
8,632.7 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DK032 · NL213
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Twente (Opportunity 78). Runner-up: Sydjylland (55). Contrarian pick: Sydjylland — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Twente
Its weakest dimension is Freight intensity (EU pctl 38) — Sydjylland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Sydjylland · Manufacturing → Twente · Office → Twente · Residential → Twente.
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
55.0
78.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
71.5
74.8
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
60.3
66.2
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
—
77.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
60.3
54.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.8
87.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.8
62.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.9% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
0.2% 5y
0.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.3% 5y
1.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€61,633
€52,748
Population density
85 /km²
428 /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)
€40,042M
€30,467M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€740M
€541M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€10,032M
€5,211M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,105M
€4,924M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,769M
€2,345M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,050M
€6,537M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€25,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,700 PPS
45,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,700
€52,900
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,719M
€12,713M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,098M
€1,481M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,994M
€29,186M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,498M
€2,221M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€649M
€1,065M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,719M
€6,706M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,733M
€6,849M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€41,892M
€28,086M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€115,791
€100,224
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€11,179M
€7,316M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
403,390
354,200
Self-employed persons
21,550
52,100
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,130
39,600
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
86.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.5%
8.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.0%
3.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
380,600
364,600
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
42,843
65,341
Enterprise births
2,772
5,952
Enterprise deaths
3,815
3,312
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
6.3%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
—
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.6%
4.6%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
—
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.4%
41.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.2%
51.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
28.3%
24.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
28.9%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.5%
12.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.5%
99.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,848,538
3,983,009
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
514 /1k
529 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
36,416 kt
15,285 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,149
1,799
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
702
280
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 km/1000km²
54 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
41
71
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
3
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
448,687
408,845
Population aged 65+
169,001
140,114
Population aged under 15
115,435
94,644
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
43.5 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
34.3%
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.9 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
8.8 /1k
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
10.6 /1k
Live births
6,237
5,679
Deaths
7,832
6,786
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.4%
57.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
1.53
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
428 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
765,442
655,971
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.7%
15.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.0%
12.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
205 /100k
—
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
982 /100k
1,030 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
274 /100k
258 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
—
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.3 /100k
17.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
584 /100k
180 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,825 /100k
1,130 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /M
46 /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)
1,901 kDKK
—
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
54 m
12 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
41 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
3 days/yr