NUTS-3 DK021 · Denmark
Population
262,8202025
GDP
€11,348M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
5.4%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.6%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
820.9 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DK021 · NO093
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Østsjælland (Opportunity 55). Runner-up: Vestfold (42). Contrarian pick: Vestfold — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 100).
Why you might not pick Østsjælland
Its weakest dimension is Cost advantage (EU pctl 28) — Vestfold may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Østsjælland · Manufacturing → Vestfold · Office → Vestfold · Residential → Østsjælland.
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
54.8
41.6
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
72.0
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Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.5
69.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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73.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
61.3
66.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
59.0
79.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
48.6
42.0
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
2.4% 5y
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Population
0.9% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
0.0% 5y
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Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€43,177
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Population density
320 /km²
120 /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)
€10,056M
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GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€52M
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GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,369M
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GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,203M
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GVA — construction (F)
€615M
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GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,136M
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Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,500
€25,500
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,600 PPS
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GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,400
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Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€8,735M
€8,238M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,639M
€632M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€19,975M
€17,442M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,284M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€200M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,799M
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GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,085M
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Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,726M
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Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€103,188
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Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,543M
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Labour market
Employment, total persons
113,680
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Self-employed persons
6,860
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Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,340
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Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.6%
76.6%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.5%
13.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.4%
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Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
139,100
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Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,869
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Enterprise births
1,234
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Enterprise deaths
1,689
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3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
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Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
1.0%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
5.4%
3.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.7%
1.1%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
35.3%
43.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
35.3%
50.6%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
29.1%
20.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
22.2%
29.1%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.3%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.1%
100.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
439,412
1,628,231
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
502 /1k
533 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,980 kt
7,576 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,330
3,242
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
506
1,256
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
40 km/1000km²
6 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
16
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)
163,544
161,871
Population aged 65+
54,981
55,966
Population aged under 15
44,295
40,234
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
44.0 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
34.6%
Crude rate of total population change
11.3 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.6 /1k
6.8 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
8.8 /1k
Live births
2,376
2,155
Deaths
2,452
2,268
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
59.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
1.46
Population density (persons per km²)
330 /km²
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Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
226,875
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Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
14.4%
18.9%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.4 yrs
82.8 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
9.2%
13.5%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
220 /100k
263 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,062 /100k
841 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
267 /100k
218 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
0.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.0 /100k
28.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
333 /100k
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Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,375 /100k
1,876 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
27 /M
13 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
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Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
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Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
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Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
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Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
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Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
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Housing market
Dwelling price per m² (NOK, all types, Statistics Norway)
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39,491 NOK/m²
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
4,396 kDKK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
39 m
145 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
120 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
12 days/yr