NUTS-3 EE008 · Estonia
Population
321,6902025
GDP
€7,360M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.5%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
81.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
17,224.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EE008 · LT023
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Klaipėdos apskritis (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Lõuna-Eesti (42). Contrarian pick: Lõuna-Eesti — leads the set on Energy cost (EU pctl 73).
Strengths
Growth momentum (82) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (75) · Energy cost (73)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Klaipėdos apskritis
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 3) — Lõuna-Eesti may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Klaipėdos apskritis · Manufacturing → Klaipėdos apskritis · Office → Lõuna-Eesti · Residential → Lõuna-Eesti.
Phase-2 diligence checklist
- Site-level grid connection capacity and power pricing (beyond country-grain energy data)
- Local incentives, tax regimes and permitting timelines
- Workforce depth for your specific roles (the talent pillar is a proxy)
- Real-estate availability, rents and land — public pan-EU data stops at the Nordics
This is a mandate-neutral read. To weight the pillars to your thesis, run these regions through the Site Screener — it ranks all 1,211 regions under your weights and exports the full PDF. First-pass macro screening, not investment advice.
Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
42.2
42.3
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.0
58.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.8
31.7
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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31.7
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
37.0
49.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
69.8
66.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.0
81.6
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
2.7% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.4% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.6% 5y
2.8% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,878
€23,589
Population density
19 /km²
71 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 89 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,448M
€7,265M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€294M
€165M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,202M
€1,697M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,076M
€1,516M
GVA — construction (F)
€480M
€732M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,210M
€2,274M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,400
€14,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
30,300 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,800
€23,700
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,522M
€10,284M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€822M
€1,567M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,179M
€21,259M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€786M
€501M
GVA — information & communication (J)
€324M
€109M
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,450M
€1,134M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,811M
€1,263M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,377M
€6,107M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€49,822
€50,507
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,862M
€2,127M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
155,070
172,550
Self-employed persons
20,240
19,550
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,490
29,880
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.7%
78.7%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.7%
15.5%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.4%
7.7%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
174,900
180,100
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,498
43,344
Enterprise births
3,989
8,602
Enterprise deaths
8,167
6,979
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
6.2%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
0.7%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.3%
2.9%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.6%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.1%
42.7%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.3%
52.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
23.8%
9.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.5%
26.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.2%
9.7%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.4%
87.8%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,017,177
2,243,622
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
635 /1k
611 /1k
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7,023
1,754
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,142 kt
8,496 kt
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
5 km/1000km²
7 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,183
510
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
152
26
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
2
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
201,581
222,333
Population aged 65+
68,572
69,685
Population aged under 15
51,537
51,844
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
43.6 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
31.3%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.9 /1k
11.8 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
17.3 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
6.7 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
12.2 /1k
Live births
2,454
2,286
Deaths
4,080
4,169
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
54.7%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.15
Population density (persons per km²)
21 /km²
73 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
214,008
224,327
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.8%
30.7%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.4 yrs
77.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.5%
26.2%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
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511 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,322 /100k
1,630 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
238 /100k
259 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2.6 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
8.5 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
20.9 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
806 /100k
318 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
49 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.36
0.94
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.54
1.19
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.52
1.23
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.60
0.86
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.87
0.96
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.119/kWh
€0.136/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.050/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
46 m
39 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
3 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
121 days/yr
93 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr