NUTS-3 DK032 · Denmark
Sydjylland
Export region data (CSV)Sydjylland generates €45bn of GDP across 733.1k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 55.1/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (79.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (39th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
55.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth28
Livability60.3
Market access38
Economic scale94
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)
71.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability98
Labour stability61
Diversification69
Demographic stability58
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)
60.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density78
Airport access65
Market access38
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)
72.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary64
Lifelong learning97
Knowledge workers66
Scientists & engineers64
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)
60.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy74.5
Jobs39
Education68
Health54
Safety46.7
Connectivity79.5
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
28
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+1.0 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 · 25.1%Diversified · HHI 2139
Agriculture 1.8%Industry 25.1%Construction 6.9%Trade · transport · ICT 22.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 21.8%Public · health · education 21.8%
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)
€40,042M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€740M
2024 · EU pctl 94
GVA — industry (B–E)
€10,032M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€9,105M
2024 · EU pctl 97
GVA — construction (F)
€2,769M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€9,050M
2024 · EU pctl 94
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,600
2024 · EU pctl 63 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
47,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 86
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€61,700
2024 · EU pctl 93
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€16,719M
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,098M
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€37,994M
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€4,498M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — information & communication (J)
€649M
2024 · EU pctl 79
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€8,719M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€8,733M
2024 · EU pctl 94
Labour market
Employment, total persons
403,390
2024 · EU pctl 92
Self-employed persons
21,550
2024 · EU pctl 59
Employment in manufacturing (C)
58,130
2024 · EU pctl 91
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.2%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · 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)
42,843
2023 · EU pctl 82
Enterprise births
2,772
2023 · EU pctl 72
Enterprise deaths
3,815
2023 · EU pctl 82
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 11
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
125
2012 · EU pctl 93
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
174 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 69
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2023 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
39.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
44.2%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
28.3%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.1%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.5%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.5%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
7,848,538
2024 · EU pctl 93
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
514 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 24 · 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.
5,233
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
714
CURRENT · EU pctl 78
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
41
CURRENT · EU pctl 35
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)
448,687
2025 · EU pctl 88
Population aged 65+
169,001
2025 · EU pctl 91
Population aged under 15
115,435
2025 · EU pctl 90
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of total population change
0.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 50
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Crude birth rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 70
Crude death rate
10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Live births
6,237
2024 · EU pctl 91
Deaths
7,832
2024 · EU pctl 90
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
63.4%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.60
2024 · EU pctl 88
Population density (persons per km²)
85 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 35
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
17.7%
2025 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
81.8 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
220 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 5 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
982 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 42 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
274 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
584 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,825 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
31 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
54 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
51 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
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