Territorial Review Copenhagen - Region Hovedstaden

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If a broader definition of economic performance is used, Copenhagen
scores slightly less well. On the basis of similar criteria as the Human
Development Index, an Urban Development Index could be constructed to
measure well-being in OECD metropolitan areas, using regional GDP,
higher education attainment and age-adjusted mortality rate. Copenhagen
scores average on this aggregate index, mainly due to relatively average
scores on higher education attainment and age-adjusted mortality rates
(Figure 1.14). The relative average performance of Copenhagen is mirrored
by the relative average performance of Denmark, at least when compared
with its Western European peers, on the United Nations Human
Development Index, where it ranks 14 th (UN, 2007).
Figure 1.14 Urban development index of selected OECD metropolitan
areas
Source: OECD Secretariat‘s calculations on the basis of data from OECD Regional
Database and UNDP 2007. Three indicators were combined: regional GDP per capita,
age-adjusted mortality rate and higher education attainment. These values were
expressed using a methodology similar to the one used in UNDP‘s Human Development
Reports. Data for 2005 were used.