NUTS-3 DK050 · Denmark
Nordjylland
Nordjylland generates €31bn of GDP across 592.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and livability. Its economy has grown +3.1%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 2.9pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (73.5th EU percentile) and weakest for jobs (36th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Enduring leader90 → 85 EU percentile since 1995 (-5 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 outlook79
Freight intensity79
Economic base72
Energy cost72
Resilience71
Connectivity69
Talent & skills69
Digital readiness61
Quality of life55
Industrial base46
Labour market44
Cost advantage36
Growth momentum30
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)
49.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth30.4
Livability54.8
Market access23
Economic scale90
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)
70.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability100
Labour stability66
Diversification65
Demographic stability51
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)
69.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density86
Airport access99
Market access23
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)
68.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary73
Lifelong learning97
Knowledge workers51
Scientists & engineers54
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)
54.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy68
Jobs36
Education56.5
Health49
Safety36.7
Connectivity73.5
Environment64
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
30.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+3.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+3.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
CAGR
Employment rate
+2.9 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.6 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: Public · health · education · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 2162
Agriculture 2.1%Industry 19.2%Construction 7.2%Trade · transport · ICT 19.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.8%Public · health · education 27.1%
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)
€30,552M2024
2.8% 1y 3.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€27,868M2025
3.6% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
Population
592,7682025
0.1% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Unemployment rate
6.5%2025
12.1% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Employment
302,7002024
0.9% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Productivity / employee
€104,3342025
3.4% 1y 2.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
Gross value added
€27,075M2024
2.9% 1y 3.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 90
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€27,075M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€559M
2024 · EU pctl 90
GVA — industry (B–E)
€5,209M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€4,405M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — construction (F)
€1,939M
2024 · EU pctl 93
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€5,295M
2024 · EU pctl 87
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€26,700
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
39,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 72
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€51,500
2024 · EU pctl 85
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€7,012M
2023 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€788M
2023 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€16,981M
2024 · EU pctl 28 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€3,940M
2024 · EU pctl 88
GVA — information & communication (J)
€856M
2024 · EU pctl 82
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€6,724M
2024 · EU pctl 89
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€7,348M
2024 · EU pctl 93
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€27,868M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€104,334
2025 · EU pctl 86
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€7,141M
2025 · EU pctl 90
Labour market
Employment, total persons
302,700
2024 · EU pctl 86
Self-employed persons
17,700
2024 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
38,390
2024 · EU pctl 80
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
80.8%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
13.7%
2025 · EU pctl 48 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.5%
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
316,900
2025 · EU pctl 86
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
35,128
2023 · EU pctl 77
Enterprise births
2,323
2023 · EU pctl 68
Enterprise deaths
3,352
2023 · EU pctl 79
3-year enterprise survival rate
3.1%
2023 · EU pctl 10
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
1.7%
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
3.5%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
1.1%
2023 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
36.7%
2025 · EU pctl 56 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
46.6%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
28.2%
2025 · EU pctl 97 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
23.1%
2025 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.8%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
96.1%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
5,021,757
2024 · EU pctl 87
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
518 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
26,161 kt
2025 · EU pctl 93
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
4,922
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
24 km/1000km²
2022 · EU pctl 51 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
830
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
6
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
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)
365,970
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged 65+
138,113
2025 · EU pctl 86
Population aged under 15
88,685
2025 · EU pctl 83
Median age of population
44.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 28
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
37.7%
2025 · EU pctl 56
Crude rate of total population change
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 23
Crude birth rate
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Crude death rate
11.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 39
Live births
5,168
2024 · EU pctl 86
Deaths
6,497
2024 · EU pctl 84
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
62.0%
2025 · EU pctl 68
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.48
2024 · EU pctl 67
Population density (persons per km²)
77 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 31
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
705,754
2100 · EU pctl 89
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
198 /100k
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,005 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 47 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
271 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 89 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
15.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
349 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 74
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
1,549 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
32 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 23 · 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)
1,911 kDKK
2026K1 · EU pctl 40
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
9 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 5
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 4
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
54 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 46
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
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.
10
2024 · EU pctl 36
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 86
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
575 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 99
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.3%
2021 · EU pctl 9
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