NUTS-3 DK022 · Denmark
Vest- og Sydsjælland
Vest- og Sydsjælland generates €28bn of GDP across 592.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 59.7/100 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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader82 → 80 EU percentile since 1995 (-2 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
Industrial base85
Digital readiness77
Energy cost72
Demographic outlook71
Economic base64
Freight intensity61
Resilience61
Talent & skills59
Quality of life53
Growth momentum50
Labour market49
Connectivity49
Cost advantage28
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)
59.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth50
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
/ 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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€28,354M2024
5.4% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€26,799M2025
3.6% 1y 4.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Population
592,0822025
0.2% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Unemployment rate
5.4%2025
5.3% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 64
Employment
246,2202024
0.8% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 80
Productivity / employee
€119,0422025
3.4% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Gross value added
€25,127M2024
5.5% 1y 5.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
All indicators · 87 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€26,799M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€119,042
2025 · EU pctl 93
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€6,353M
2025 · EU pctl 88
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
5.4%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
303,700
2025 · EU pctl 84
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
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)
2,819,631
2024 · EU pctl 76
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
502 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
19,699 kt
2025 · EU pctl 87
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,773
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
806
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
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.
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
593,598
2100 · EU pctl 85
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
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
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)
1,892 kDKK
2026K1 · EU pctl 20
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
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
235 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 96
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.0%
2021 · EU pctl 0
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