NUTS-3 DK014 · Denmark
Population
39,0562025
GDP
€1,684M2024
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
591.2 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DK014 · FI1D8
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Bornholm (Opportunity 30). Runner-up: Kainuu (22). Contrarian pick: Kainuu — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 99).
#1Bornholm
Strengths
Governance (99) · Talent & skills (98)
Red flags
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%)
Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute)
Why you might not pick Bornholm
Cost advantage (EU bottom 15%); Long-run slide: down 13 EU ranks in real GDP per head since 1995 (relative decline, not absolute). Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 7) — Kainuu may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kainuu · Manufacturing → Kainuu · Office → Bornholm · Residential → Bornholm.
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
29.8
21.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
60.8
47.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
75.9
51.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
43.0
34.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
98.3
63.0
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
18.4
21.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.4% 5y
0.3% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
0.7% 5y
Unemployment rate
1.2% 5y
0.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,128
€39,382
Population density
66 /km²
3 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,493M
€2,399M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€72M
€196M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€197M
€513M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€160M
€261M
GVA — construction (F)
€115M
€194M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€253M
€319M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€30,400
€21,800
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,200 PPS
32,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€42,900
€39,200
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€37,409M
€13,860M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€9,284M
€3,205M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€83,324M
€24,815M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€267M
€343M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€21M
€46M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€346M
€529M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€511M
€646M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,535M
€2,391M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€94,150
€83,825
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€369M
€675M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
18,490
33,410
Self-employed persons
1,700
3,170
Employment in manufacturing (C)
1,650
2,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
84.9%
77.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.9%
20.9%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.8%
8.9%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
19,100
31,500
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
2,092
4,129
Enterprise births
139
350
Enterprise deaths
252
388
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.6%
4.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
4.6%
2.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
11.2%
4.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
3.9%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
58.2%
39.2%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
64.7%
34.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
35.0%
26.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
39.4%
26.7%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
14.8%
8.9%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.8%
97.4%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
867,581
637,043
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
416 /1k
727 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
466
913
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
695 kt
2,637 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,193
1,311
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
69 km/1000km²
1 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
105
163
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
21,520
39,012
Population aged 65+
12,327
21,766
Population aged under 15
5,209
8,861
Median age of population
53.2 yrs
51.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
57.3%
55.8%
Crude rate of total population change
-9.4 /1k
-7.5 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-1.3 /1k
1.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
5.2 /1k
Crude death rate
15.0 /1k
14.3 /1k
Live births
273
364
Deaths
588
1,000
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
81.5%
78.5%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.67
1.22
Population density (persons per km²)
68 /km²
3 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
33,892
41,416
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
18.9%
17.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.4 yrs
81.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.8%
15.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
233 /100k
283 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
979 /100k
976 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
250 /100k
197 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
2.9 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
7.6 /100k
29.9 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
107 /100k
110 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
718 /100k
1,555 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
12 /M
38 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
1.90
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
1.91
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
1.99
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
2.19
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
1.09
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
€0.067/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
€0.065/kWh
Housing market
Dwelling price per m² — old housing-company dwellings (Statistics Finland)
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€1,234/m²
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
1,482 kDKK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
112 m
211 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
41 days/yr
192 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr