NUTS-3 DK042 · Denmark
Population
945,0232025
GDP
€51,837M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
6.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
79.4%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
5,940.5 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
DK042 · FRH03
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Ille-et-Vilaine (Opportunity 63). Runner-up: Østjylland (61). Contrarian pick: Østjylland — leads the set on Governance (EU pctl 99).
Why you might not pick Ille-et-Vilaine
Its weakest dimension is Industrial base (EU pctl 23) — Østjylland may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Ille-et-Vilaine · Manufacturing → Ille-et-Vilaine · Office → Østjylland · Residential → Østjylland.
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
60.9
63.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
76.3
74.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
63.4
52.3
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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55.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
54.0
26.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
84.5
74.8
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
43.0
65.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
1.4% 5y
2.6% 5y
Population
1.0% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
3.1% 5y
3.5% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€54,853
€41,720
Population density
159 /km²
166 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
1,168
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
217
All indicators · 90 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€45,938M
€42,442M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€468M
€752M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,674M
€5,484M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,618M
€4,513M
GVA — construction (F)
€2,703M
€2,729M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€11,810M
€9,274M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€27,200
€23,600
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
42,700 PPS
38,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,200
€42,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€17,735M
€28,333M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€3,003M
€3,146M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€42,693M
€65,081M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€5,316M
€5,383M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,496M
€3,112M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€12,698M
€12,838M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,586M
€11,364M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€47,322M
€42,479M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€108,780
€88,043
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€12,228M
€10,811M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
492,610
550,000
Self-employed persons
25,840
56,200
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,460
53,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.9%
75.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
14.2%
16.4%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
5.6%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
532,200
548,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
59,668
76,924
Enterprise births
4,069
10,365
Enterprise deaths
5,745
7,969
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
6.7%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.4%
1.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
4.2%
5.0%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.9%
1.4%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
44.3%
42.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
49.5%
48.9%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
29.5%
16.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
28.5%
28.0%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
10.8%
9.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
97.5%
93.6%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
3,576,924
5,665,322
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
500 /1k
630 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
28,018 kt
38,266 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,495
3,076
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
26 km/1000km²
2 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
582
270
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
208
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
611,520
724,072
Population aged 65+
180,957
220,281
Population aged under 15
152,546
194,516
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
40.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.6%
30.4%
Crude rate of total population change
9.6 /1k
7.9 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
6.6 /1k
Crude birth rate
10.6 /1k
9.4 /1k
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
8.1 /1k
Live births
9,953
10,702
Deaths
7,959
9,153
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.5%
57.3%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
1.49
Population density (persons per km²)
163 /km²
167 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,155,758
1,335,373
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
19.4%
14.8%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
82.3 yrs
82.5 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
12.3%
10.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
169 /100k
541 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
961 /100k
849 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
260 /100k
224 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.1 /100k
0.7 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.8 /100k
57.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
707 /100k
444 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,467 /100k
1,515 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
30 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
1.46
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
1.27
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
1.02
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
1.39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
0.02
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
€0.107/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
€0.053/kWh
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
3,139 kDKK
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Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
86 m
38 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
18 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
3 days/yr