NUTS-3 DK022 · Denmark
Vest- og Sydsjælland
Export region data (CSV)Vest- og Sydsjælland generates €28bn of GDP across 592.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.8/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +5.3%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 2.0pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (81th EU percentile) and weakest for education (40th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
59.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50.2
Livability52.9
Market access48
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)
61
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability75
Labour stability72
Diversification42
Demographic stability55
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)
48.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density85
Airport access13
Market access48
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)
52.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy68
Jobs42.5
Education40
Health41
Safety44.7
Connectivity81
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
50.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.9 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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: Industry · 30.6%Diversified · HHI 2302
Agriculture 2%Industry 30.6%Construction 6.6%Trade · transport · ICT 13.1%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.5%Public · health · education 26.2%
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).
All indicators · 69 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€25,127M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€510M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — industry (B–E)
€7,692M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€7,103M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — construction (F)
€1,658M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,299M
2024 · EU pctl 78
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)
37,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 64
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€47,800
2024 · EU pctl 81
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)
€3,595M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — information & communication (J)
€271M
2024 · EU pctl 63
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,395M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€6,573M
2024 · EU pctl 91
Labour market
Employment, total persons
246,220
2024 · EU pctl 80
Self-employed persons
18,080
2024 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
23,680
2024 · EU pctl 63
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)
32,442
2023 · EU pctl 75
Enterprise births
2,382
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise deaths
3,246
2023 · EU pctl 79
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.3%
2023 · EU pctl 16
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
24
2012 · EU pctl 60
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
42 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 35
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)
2,819,631
2024 · EU pctl 76
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.
4,859
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
821
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
104
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
357,066
2025 · EU pctl 81
Population aged 65+
151,381
2025 · EU pctl 89
Population aged under 15
83,635
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
48.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 70
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
42.4%
2025 · EU pctl 77
Crude rate of total population change
-1.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
3.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude birth rate
7.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Crude death rate
12.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 56
Live births
4,314
2024 · EU pctl 81
Deaths
7,122
2024 · EU pctl 87
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
65.8%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.47
2024 · EU pctl 64
Population density (persons per km²)
94 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 38
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
1.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 69
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
16.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
477 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,644 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
27 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
8 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
42 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 2
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