NUTS-3 DK021 · Denmark
Østsjælland
Østsjælland generates €11bn of GDP across 262.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 54.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and market access. Its economy has grown +4.0%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (69th EU percentile) and weakest for education (40th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader81 → 75 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
Digital readiness77
Demographic outlook72
Energy cost72
Resilience72
Connectivity61
Talent & skills59
Freight intensity55
Economic base53
Quality of life52
Labour market49
Growth momentum49
Cost advantage28
Industrial base28
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)
54.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.6
Livability51.5
Market access54
Economic scale65
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)
72
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability95
Labour stability72
Diversification29
Demographic stability92
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)
61.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access69
Market access54
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)
59
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary32
Lifelong learning98
Knowledge workers44
Scientists & engineers62
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)
51.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy62.5
Jobs42.5
Education40
Health41
Safety53.7
Connectivity69
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
48.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.4 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.0 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
0.0 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: Public · health · education · 30.7%Diversified · HHI 2390
Agriculture 0.5%Industry 13.6%Construction 6.1%Trade · transport · ICT 21.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.8%Public · health · education 30.7%
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)
€11,348M2024
2.5% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€10,726M2025
3.6% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Population
262,8202025
1.1% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Unemployment rate
5.4%2025
5.3% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Employment
113,6802024
0.1% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 49
Productivity / employee
€103,1882025
3.4% 1y 2.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 84
Gross value added
€10,056M2024
2.6% 1y 4.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€10,056M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€52M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,369M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,203M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — construction (F)
€615M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,136M
2024 · EU pctl 65
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,500
2024 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
33,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 53
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€43,400
2024 · EU pctl 72
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€8,735M
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,639M
2023 · EU pctl 38 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€19,975M
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€1,284M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — information & communication (J)
€200M
2024 · EU pctl 56
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,799M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€3,085M
2024 · EU pctl 75
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€10,726M
2025 · EU pctl 68
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€103,188
2025 · EU pctl 84
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,543M
2025 · EU pctl 65
Labour market
Employment, total persons
113,680
2024 · EU pctl 49
Self-employed persons
6,860
2024 · EU pctl 23
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,340
2024 · EU pctl 23
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.6%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.5%
2025 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
139,100
2025 · EU pctl 55
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
17,869
2023 · EU pctl 57
Enterprise births
1,234
2023 · EU pctl 50
Enterprise deaths
1,689
2023 · EU pctl 65
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 16
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.0%
2023 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
35.3%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
35.3%
2025 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
29.1%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
22.2%
2025 · EU pctl 44 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.3%
2025 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.1%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
439,412
2024 · EU pctl 29
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
502 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,980 kt
2025 · EU pctl 55
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,330
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
506
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
40 km/1000km²
2022 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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)
163,544
2025 · EU pctl 51
Population aged 65+
54,981
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged under 15
44,295
2025 · EU pctl 61
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
33.6%
2025 · EU pctl 30
Crude rate of total population change
11.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
11.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Crude birth rate
9.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Crude death rate
9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Live births
2,376
2024 · EU pctl 61
Deaths
2,452
2024 · EU pctl 41
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.7%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.69
2024 · EU pctl 94
Population density (persons per km²)
330 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 76
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
226,875
2100 · EU pctl 52
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
220 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,062 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
267 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 88 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
20.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 48
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
333 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 72
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,375 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · 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)
4,396 kDKK
2026K1 · EU pctl 70
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
39 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
59 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 51
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
Environment
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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