NUTS-3 DK021 · Denmark
Østsjælland
Export region data (CSV)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 (68.5th EU percentile) and weakest for education (40th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
54.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth48.6
Livability51.4
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density60
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)
51.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy62.5
Jobs42.5
Education40
Health41
Safety53.7
Connectivity68.5
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).
All indicators · 69 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
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
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
EPO patent applications
39
2012 · EU pctl 71
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
166 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 68
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
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
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,337
CURRENT · EU pctl 65
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
509
CURRENT · EU pctl 60
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 90
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
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
14.4%
2025 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
241 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 9 · 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
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
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