NUTS-3 DK013 · Denmark
Nordsjælland
Nordsjælland generates €28bn of GDP across 478.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 67.6/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +6.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.3pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (95th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (51th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader89 → 84 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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
Industrial base93
Digital readiness84
Economic base83
Labour market76
Energy cost72
Quality of life71
Connectivity64
Demographic outlook63
Resilience61
Growth momentum56
Freight intensity12
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)
67.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.2
Livability71.3
Market access55
Economic scale88
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)
60.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability79
Labour stability62
Diversification23
Demographic stability79
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 density70
Airport access67
Market access55
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)
71.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy88
Jobs51
Education95
Health62.5
Safety54
Connectivity77
Environment—
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
56.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.6%
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 · 34.7%Diversified · HHI 2457
Agriculture 0.2%Industry 34.7%Construction 4.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.5%Public · health · education 20.5%
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)
€27,533M2024
6.7% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€25,087M2025
3.6% 1y 3.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 89
Population
478,2172025
0.4% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Unemployment rate
6.7%2025
3.1% 1y 1.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 74
Employment
201,7102024
0.6% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Productivity / employee
€141,0982025
3.4% 1y 5.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 96
Gross value added
€24,399M2024
6.7% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€24,399M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€49M
2024 · EU pctl 20
GVA — industry (B–E)
€8,467M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€8,219M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — construction (F)
€1,065M
2024 · EU pctl 81
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,562M
2024 · EU pctl 84
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)
44,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 83
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,700
2024 · EU pctl 91
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)
€2,565M
2024 · EU pctl 80
GVA — information & communication (J)
€483M
2024 · EU pctl 74
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,244M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,013M
2024 · EU pctl 86
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€25,087M
2025 · EU pctl 89
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€141,098
2025 · EU pctl 96
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,024M
2025 · EU pctl 87
Labour market
Employment, total persons
201,710
2024 · EU pctl 73
Self-employed persons
14,650
2024 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
25,460
2024 · EU pctl 65
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)
251,100
2025 · EU pctl 78
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,367
2023 · EU pctl 77
Enterprise births
2,543
2023 · EU pctl 70
Enterprise deaths
3,546
2023 · EU pctl 80
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.0%
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
1,368,442
2024 · EU pctl 60
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
416 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
5,863 kt
2025 · EU pctl 42
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,901
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
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).
607
CURRENT · EU pctl 70
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
39
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
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)
283,582
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged 65+
115,880
2025 · EU pctl 79
Population aged under 15
78,755
2025 · EU pctl 80
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 61
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
40.9%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Crude rate of total population change
4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
6.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Crude birth rate
8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Crude death rate
10.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Live births
3,886
2024 · EU pctl 77
Deaths
5,030
2024 · EU pctl 74
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.6%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.73
2024 · EU pctl 96
Population density (persons per km²)
354 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 78
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
400,804
2100 · EU pctl 75
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
0.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
570 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,882 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
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)
5,163 kDKK
2026K1 · EU pctl 80
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
29 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
63 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 56
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
41.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 64
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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