Economic growth and labour productivity in Öresund
It is too early to speak of the Öresund region as a functionally integrated economic unit. However, the region has potential to become a significant economic centre if the economies of Öresund DK and Öresund SE were more powerfully linked. One measure of the economic potential of the Öresund region is that about 26 percent of Denmark’s and Sweden’s total GDP comes from these regions. In 2005 Öresund DK accounted for 48 percent of Denmark’s total GDP. The Capital Region of Denmark alone accounted for 37 percent and Region Sealand for 11 percent. Since 1993 the economic significance of the Capital Region of Denmark has also increased, measured as a share of Denmark’s GDP.
- Growth in real gross regional product (GRP) and GRP per employed person in Öresund SE and in Öresund DK 1993-2005
Source: Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden. Constant prices calculated by Region Skåne and the Öresund Committee
In 2005 Öresund SE accounted for 11 percent of Sweden’s total GDP, which has been unchanged since 1993. Öresund DK accounts for two thirds of the total GRP for the Öresund region. However, when looking at growth in GRP and GRP per employed person, Öresund SE has had a stronger growth than Öresund DK during the period 1993-2005. This is also true in a comparison between Region Skåne, Region Sealand and the Capital Region of Denmark. During the period Öresund SE has had a real GRP growth of 47 percent compared to 34 percent in Öresund DK. Growth in GRP per employed person has been 39 percent in Öresund SE, compared to 22 percent in Öresund DK.
- GRP growth in the Öresund region 1993-2005. Constant prices, reference year 2000 (EUR millions)
Source: Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden Region Skåne and calculations of the Öresund Committee.
- Source: Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden Region Skåne and calculations of the Öresund Committee.
Source: Statistics Denmark and Statistics Sweden Region Skåne and calculations of the Öresund Committee.
