NUTS-3 DK031 · Denmark
Population
507,3492025
GDP
€23,637M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.1%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
78.1%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
3,494.1 km²
TerraSight · Compare
2 regions side-by-side
DK031 · DK041
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Fyn (Opportunity 56). Runner-up: Vestjylland (50). Contrarian pick: Vestjylland — leads the set on Talent & skills (EU pctl 85).
Why you might not pick Fyn
Its weakest dimension is Growth momentum (EU pctl 27) — Vestjylland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Vestjylland · Manufacturing → Vestjylland · Office → Fyn · Residential → Fyn.
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
55.7
50.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
66.8
68.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
64.9
69.9
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
71.7
41.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
72.8
84.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
27.0
17.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.6% 5y
0.1% 5y
Population
0.4% 5y
0.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.3% 5y
3.1% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€46,589
€57,679
Population density
145 /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)
€20,947M
€21,917M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€337M
€840M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,249M
€5,396M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,991M
€4,883M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,383M
€1,585M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,044M
€3,647M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€26,600
€27,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
36,100 PPS
44,500 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€46,700
€57,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€16,719M
€17,735M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,098M
€3,003M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€37,994M
€42,693M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,228M
€2,735M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€676M
€280M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,531M
€5,322M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,403M
€5,126M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€21,914M
€22,577M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€100,998
€109,372
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,848M
€5,834M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
241,920
233,750
Self-employed persons
14,120
13,440
Employment in manufacturing (C)
24,020
38,780
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
80.2%
81.9%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
13.5%
14.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.0%
6.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
267,900
226,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
28,909
26,384
Enterprise births
1,959
1,510
Enterprise deaths
2,771
2,081
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
2.4%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.6%
4.2%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
1.9%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
39.4%
44.3%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.2%
49.5%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
28.3%
29.5%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.1%
28.5%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.5%
10.8%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.5%
97.5%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,716,011
2,175,372
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
514 /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.
4,060
2,095
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,302 kt
20,265 kt
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
800
489
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
32 km/1000km²
26 km/1000km²
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
22
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)
315,775
260,462
Population aged 65+
116,450
100,521
Population aged under 15
75,124
67,793
Median age of population
44.1 yrs
45.3 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.9%
38.6%
Crude rate of total population change
3.0 /1k
-2.2 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
4.4 /1k
-0.5 /1k
Crude birth rate
9.0 /1k
8.6 /1k
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
10.4 /1k
Live births
4,556
3,692
Deaths
5,264
4,453
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
64.6%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
1.68
Population density (persons per km²)
149 /km²
61 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
576,805
419,602
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
17.7%
19.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
81.8 yrs
82.3 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
11.0%
12.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
205 /100k
169 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
982 /100k
961 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
274 /100k
260 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.0 /100k
0.2 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
22.9 /100k
12.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
502 /100k
454 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,107 /100k
1,296 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
31 /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)
2,298 kDKK
1,637 kDKK
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
35 m
35 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
0 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
52 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
3 days/yr