NUTS-3 DK041 · Denmark
Vestjylland
Vestjylland generates €25bn of GDP across 428.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 50.4/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +2.2%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 1.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (40.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader93 → 89 EU percentile since 1995 (-4 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
Talent & skills85
Freight intensity83
Economic base82
Digital readiness82
Energy cost72
Industrial base70
Quality of life70
Resilience68
Demographic outlook60
Labour market53
Connectivity42
Cost advantage29
Growth momentum18
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)
50.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth17.8
Livability69.9
Market access29
Economic scale85
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)
68.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability78
Labour stability72
Diversification79
Demographic stability44
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)
41.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density59
Airport access37
Market access29
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)
84.5
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary81
Lifelong learning98
Knowledge workers80
Scientists & engineers79
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)
69.9
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy76.5
Jobs40.5
Education79
Health63
Safety60.7
Connectivity70.5
Environment99
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
17.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+2.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+2.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-2.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.0%
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 · 24.6%Diversified · HHI 2087
Agriculture 3.8%Industry 24.6%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 16.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.3%Public · health · education 23.4%
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)
€24,732M2024
2.2% 1y 2.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€22,577M2025
3.6% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Population
428,7762025
0.2% 1y 0.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 73
Unemployment rate
6.4%2025
4.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
233,7502024
0.9% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 78
Productivity / employee
€109,3722025
3.4% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Gross value added
€21,917M2024
2.3% 1y 2.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 85
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€21,917M
2024 · EU pctl 85
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€840M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,396M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,883M
2024 · EU pctl 91
GVA — construction (F)
€1,585M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€3,647M
2024 · EU pctl 80
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€27,200
2024 · EU pctl 71 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
44,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 82
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€57,600
2024 · EU pctl 90
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€17,735M
2023 · EU pctl 60 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€3,003M
2023 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€42,693M
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€2,735M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — information & communication (J)
€280M
2024 · EU pctl 64
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,322M
2024 · EU pctl 84
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€5,126M
2024 · EU pctl 87
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€22,577M
2025 · EU pctl 86
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€109,372
2025 · EU pctl 88
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€5,834M
2025 · EU pctl 86
Labour market
Employment, total persons
233,750
2024 · EU pctl 78
Self-employed persons
13,440
2024 · EU pctl 44
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,780
2024 · EU pctl 80
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.9%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
14.2%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.4%
2025 · EU pctl 70
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
226,700
2025 · EU pctl 75
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
26,384
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise births
1,510
2023 · EU pctl 55
Enterprise deaths
2,081
2023 · EU pctl 70
3-year enterprise survival rate
2.7%
2023 · EU pctl 6
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.4%
2023 · EU pctl 72 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
4.2%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.9%
2023 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
44.3%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
49.5%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
29.5%
2025 · EU pctl 98 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
28.5%
2025 · EU pctl 80 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
10.8%
2025 · EU pctl 79 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
97.5%
2025 · EU pctl 82 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
2,175,372
2024 · EU pctl 71
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
500 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,265 kt
2025 · EU pctl 88
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,095
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
26 km/1000km²
2022 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
489
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
67
CURRENT · EU pctl 63
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
260,462
2025 · EU pctl 71
Population aged 65+
100,521
2025 · EU pctl 74
Population aged under 15
67,793
2025 · EU pctl 75
Median age of population
45.3 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 41
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.6%
2025 · EU pctl 61
Crude rate of total population change
-2.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude birth rate
8.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Crude death rate
10.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Live births
3,692
2024 · EU pctl 76
Deaths
4,453
2024 · EU pctl 70
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.6%
2025 · EU pctl 79
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.68
2024 · EU pctl 94
Population density (persons per km²)
61 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 23
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
419,602
2100 · EU pctl 76
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
169 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 1 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
961 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
260 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
0.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
12.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
454 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,296 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
30 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 19 · 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)
1,637 kDKK
2026K1 · EU pctl 10
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
35 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
52 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 42
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 48
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
3
2024 · EU pctl 1
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
65
2024 · EU pctl 89
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
478 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.6%
2021 · EU pctl 14
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