NUTS-3 DK012 · Denmark
Københavns omegn
Københavns omegn generates €69bn of GDP across 582.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 73.2/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +8.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for economy (96th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (51th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader97 → 98 EU percentile since 1995 (+1 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)
Economic base99
Governance99
Talent & skills98
Industrial base97
Digital readiness84
Labour market76
Quality of life72
Energy cost72
Growth momentum65
Connectivity64
Resilience57
Demographic outlook52
Freight intensity24
Cost advantage7
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)
73.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth64.6
Livability72.3
Market access60
Economic scale96
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)
56.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability61
Labour stability63
Diversification8
Demographic stability95
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)
64
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density45
Airport access87
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
72.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy96
Jobs51
Education95
Health62.5
Safety57.3
Connectivity64.5
Environment80
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
64.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+4.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.2%
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: Industry · 40.5%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2775
Industry 40.5%Construction 2.3%Trade · transport · ICT 20.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 13.9%
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)
€68,623M2024
11.2% 1y 8.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€62,525M2025
3.6% 1y 6.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 97
Population
582,0972025
1.6% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Unemployment rate
6.7%2025
1.5% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Employment
386,4502024
1.7% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Productivity / employee
€183,5582025
3.4% 1y 7.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 99
Gross value added
€60,813M2024
11.3% 1y 9.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
All indicators · 88 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€60,813M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€10M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — industry (B–E)
€24,612M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€23,824M
2024 · EU pctl 100
GVA — construction (F)
€1,406M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€12,653M
2024 · EU pctl 96
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)
91,900 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 99
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€118,900
2024 · EU pctl 99
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)
€2,886M
2024 · EU pctl 83
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,297M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€13,662M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,469M
2024 · EU pctl 94
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€62,525M
2025 · EU pctl 97
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€183,558
2025 · EU pctl 99
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€15,013M
2025 · EU pctl 96
Labour market
Employment, total persons
386,450
2024 · EU pctl 90
Self-employed persons
13,530
2024 · EU pctl 45
Employment in manufacturing (C)
40,560
2024 · EU pctl 82
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)
330,600
2025 · EU pctl 87
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
39,980
2023 · EU pctl 80
Enterprise births
3,216
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise deaths
3,965
2023 · EU pctl 84
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.5%
2023 · EU pctl 22
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)
761,745
2024 · EU pctl 45
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
416 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
10,195 kt
2025 · EU pctl 64
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,060
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
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).
354
CURRENT · EU pctl 45
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
19
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
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)
373,428
2025 · EU pctl 83
Population aged 65+
107,760
2025 · EU pctl 77
Population aged under 15
100,909
2025 · EU pctl 87
Median age of population
40.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 5
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
28.9%
2025 · EU pctl 10
Crude rate of total population change
16.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
15.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude birth rate
9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude death rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Live births
5,611
2024 · EU pctl 88
Deaths
5,025
2024 · EU pctl 74
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.9%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.53
2024 · EU pctl 77
Population density (persons per km²)
1,750 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 94
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
490,578
2100 · EU pctl 81
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
0.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
29.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 63
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
602 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
3,051 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
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)
6,773 kDKK
2026K1 · EU pctl 90
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
20 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 7
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
53 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 44
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.
8
2024 · EU pctl 20
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
38.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 61
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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