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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2 regions side-by-side
DK013 · DK041
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Nordsjælland (Opportunity 68). Runner-up: Vestjylland (50). Contrarian pick: Vestjylland — leads the set on Freight intensity (EU pctl 83).
Strengths
Governance (99) · Talent & skills (98)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Nordsjælland
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Freight intensity (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 7) — Vestjylland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vestjylland · 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
50.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
60.8
68.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
71.3
69.9
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
64.0
41.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
98.3
84.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
56.2
17.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.8% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.6% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.9% 5y
3.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€57,574
€57,679
Population density
329 /km²
59 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,399M
€21,917M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
€840M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,467M
€5,396M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,219M
€4,883M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,065M
€1,585M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,562M
€3,647M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,400
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,600 PPS
44,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,700
€57,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€37,409M
€17,735M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,284M
€3,003M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,324M
€42,693M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,565M
€2,735M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€483M
€280M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,244M
€5,322M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,013M
€5,126M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,087M
€22,577M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€141,098
€109,372
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,024M
€5,834M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
201,710
233,750
Self-employed persons
14,650
13,440
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,460
38,780
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.9%
81.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.9%
14.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.7%
6.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
251,100
226,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,367
26,384
Enterprise births
2,543
1,510
Enterprise deaths
3,546
2,081
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.6%
2.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
11.2%
4.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
44.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
64.7%
49.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
29.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.4%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.8%
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.8%
97.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,368,442
2,175,372
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
416 /1k
500 /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
2,095
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,863 kt
20,265 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
607
489
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
69 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
67
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
283,582
260,462
Population aged 65+
115,880
100,521
Population aged under 15
78,755
67,793
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.9%
38.6%
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
-0.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
10.4 /1k
Live births
3,886
3,692
Deaths
5,030
4,453
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.6%
64.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
1.68
Population density (persons per km²)
354 /km²
61 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
400,804
419,602
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
19.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
12.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
233 /100k
169 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
979 /100k
961 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
250 /100k
260 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.6 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.8 /100k
12.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
570 /100k
454 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,882 /100k
1,296 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
12 /M
30 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
2.10
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
2.02
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
2.00
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
2.30
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
0.84
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
€0.122/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
€0.043/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
5,163 kDKK
1,637 kDKK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
29 m
35 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
52 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr