NUTS-3 DK042 · Denmark
Østjylland
Østjylland generates €52bn of GDP across 945k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 60.9/100 puts it in the upper quartile of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 1.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (79th EU percentile) and weakest for safety (38th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader91 → 88 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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
Demographic outlook86
Talent & skills85
Digital readiness82
Economic base79
Resilience76
Energy cost72
Quality of life63
Connectivity54
Freight intensity54
Labour market53
Growth momentum43
Cost advantage29
Industrial base29
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)
60.9
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth43
Livability63.4
Market access42
Economic scale95
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)
76.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability99
Labour stability72
Diversification41
Demographic stability93
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)
54
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density68
Airport access52
Market access42
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)
63.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy75
Jobs40.5
Education79
Health63
Safety38
Connectivity75
Environment73
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
43
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.1%
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: Finance · real estate · prof. · 27.6%Diversified · HHI 2308
Agriculture 1%Industry 14.5%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 25.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 27.6%Public · health · education 25.2%
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)
€51,837M2024
3.3% 1y 4.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€47,322M2025
3.6% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
Population
945,0232025
1.0% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Unemployment rate
6.4%2025
4.9% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 70
Employment
492,6102024
0.2% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Productivity / employee
€108,7802025
3.4% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 88
Gross value added
€45,938M2024
3.4% 1y 4.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 95
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€45,938M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€468M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — industry (B–E)
€6,674M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€5,618M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — construction (F)
€2,703M
2024 · EU pctl 96
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€11,810M
2024 · EU pctl 96
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)
42,700 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 79
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€55,200
2024 · EU pctl 88
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)
€5,316M
2024 · EU pctl 92
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,496M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€12,698M
2024 · EU pctl 95
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€11,586M
2024 · EU pctl 96
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€47,322M
2025 · EU pctl 95
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€108,780
2025 · EU pctl 88
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€12,228M
2025 · EU pctl 96
Labour market
Employment, total persons
492,610
2024 · EU pctl 93
Self-employed persons
25,840
2024 · EU pctl 65
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,460
2024 · EU pctl 86
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)
532,200
2025 · EU pctl 95
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
59,668
2023 · EU pctl 89
Enterprise births
4,069
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise deaths
5,745
2023 · EU pctl 91
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.2%
2023 · EU pctl 13
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)
3,576,924
2024 · EU pctl 81
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
500 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 21 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
28,018 kt
2025 · EU pctl 94
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
5,495
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
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).
582
CURRENT · EU pctl 68
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
52
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
3
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
611,520
2025 · EU pctl 93
Population aged 65+
180,957
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
152,546
2025 · EU pctl 94
Median age of population
39.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 2
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
29.6%
2025 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of total population change
9.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
7.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Crude birth rate
10.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Crude death rate
8.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Live births
9,953
2024 · EU pctl 95
Deaths
7,959
2024 · EU pctl 90
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.5%
2025 · EU pctl 19
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.52
2024 · EU pctl 75
Population density (persons per km²)
163 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 58
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
1,155,758
2100 · EU pctl 95
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
1.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
707 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
2,467 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
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)
3,139 kDKK
2026K1 · EU pctl 60
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
86 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 24
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
60 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 52
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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.
9
2024 · EU pctl 27
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
60
2024 · EU pctl 77
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
333 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 98
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.0%
2021 · EU pctl 22
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