NUTS-3 DK011 · Denmark
Byen København
Byen København generates €76bn of GDP across 831.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 68.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +5.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (95th EU percentile) and weakest for clean environment (33th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader98 → 98 EU percentile since 1995 (+0 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Governance99
Talent & skills98
Economic base97
Demographic outlook84
Digital readiness84
Labour market76
Energy cost72
Connectivity63
Quality of life62
Growth momentum54
Resilience40
Air quality33
Cost advantage7
Industrial base4
Freight intensity3
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
68.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth54.2
Livability61.6
Market access60
Economic scale97
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
40
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability3
Labour stability62
Diversification5
Demographic stability90
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
63.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density31
Airport access99
Market access60
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
98.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary98
Lifelong learning98
Knowledge workers98
Scientists & engineers99
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
32.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.510.1 µg/m³
PM10—
NO213.9 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
61.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy95
Jobs51
Education95
Health62.5
Safety37
Connectivity57.5
Environment33
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
54.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.3 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.7 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Trade · transport · ICT · 37.2%Moderately concentrated · HHI 3031
Industry 4.5%Construction 2.2%Trade · transport · ICT 37.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 32.9%Public · health · education 23.2%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€76,296M2024
5.2% 1y 5.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€69,517M2025
3.6% 1y 3.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 98
Population
831,4232025
1.1% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 91
Unemployment rate
6.7%2025
1.5% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Employment
571,4402024
0.2% 1y 1.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Productivity / employee
€138,0182025
3.4% 1y 3.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Gross value added
€67,613M2024
5.3% 1y 5.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€67,613M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€3M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — industry (B–E)
€3,042M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,563M
2024 · EU pctl 75
GVA — construction (F)
€1,472M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€25,173M
2024 · EU pctl 98
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€30,400
2024 · EU pctl 93 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
71,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 97
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€92,200
2024 · EU pctl 98
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€37,409M
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€9,284M
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€83,324M
2024 · EU pctl 87 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,894M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — information & communication (J)
€7,917M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€22,226M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€15,697M
2024 · EU pctl 97
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€69,517M
2025 · EU pctl 98
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€138,018
2025 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€16,692M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour market
Employment, total persons
571,440
2024 · EU pctl 96
Self-employed persons
26,670
2024 · EU pctl 66
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,540
2024 · EU pctl 37
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
84.9%
2025 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.9%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.7%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
539,500
2025 · EU pctl 95
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
62,479
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
5,678
2023 · EU pctl 87
Enterprise deaths
7,059
2023 · EU pctl 93
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 35
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
4.6%
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
11.2%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
3.9%
2023 · EU pctl 95 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
58.2%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
64.7%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
35.0%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
39.4%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
14.8%
2025 · EU pctl 99 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.8%
2025 · EU pctl 84 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
12,221,225
2024 · EU pctl 96
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
416 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,226 kt
2025 · EU pctl 38
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,476
CURRENT · EU pctl 69
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
69 km/1000km²
2022 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
178
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
609,404
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
102,812
2025 · EU pctl 75
Population aged under 15
119,207
2025 · EU pctl 91
Median age of population
34.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 0
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
16.9%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Crude rate of total population change
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude birth rate
13.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Crude death rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Live births
11,013
2024 · EU pctl 96
Deaths
4,849
2024 · EU pctl 73
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
36.4%
2025 · EU pctl 0
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.36
2024 · EU pctl 43
Population density (persons per km²)
4,753 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 99
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
878,020
2100 · EU pctl 93
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
233 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 8 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
979 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 40 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
250 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
54.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
430 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
6,085 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
12 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.10
2022 · EU pctl 99
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.02
2022 · EU pctl 99
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.00
2022 · EU pctl 99
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
2.30
2022 · EU pctl 99
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.84
2022 · EU pctl 89
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.122/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 28
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.043/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 10
Housing market
Average sold price, one-family houses (DKK thousands, Statistics Denmark)
7,923 kDKK
2026K1 · EU pctl 100
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
3 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 2
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 0
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
39 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 30
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
14
2024 · EU pctl 60
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
59
2024 · EU pctl 76
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
32.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 55
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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