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
—
Cadastral parcels· FR-only
—
Area
17,224.2 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
EE008 · PL431
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Gorzowski (Opportunity 43). Runner-up: Lõuna-Eesti (42). Contrarian pick: Lõuna-Eesti — leads the set on Labour market (EU pctl 72).
Strengths
Cost advantage (93) · Industrial base (80)
Red flags
Economic base (EU bottom 15%)
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (75) · Energy cost (73)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Gorzowski
Economic base (EU bottom 15%); Governance (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Economic base (EU pctl 14) — Lõuna-Eesti may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Gorzowski · Manufacturing → Gorzowski · 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
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Composite intelligence · 0–100 EU-percentile scores
Opportunity Indexscale + growth + access + structure
42.2
43.4
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.0
27.5
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.8
30.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
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26.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
37.0
23.3
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
69.8
25.3
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.0
69.2
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
3.1% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.1% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.6% 5y
8.6% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,878
€15,988
Population density
19 /km²
59 /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
€5,181M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€294M
€202M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,202M
€1,557M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,076M
€1,350M
GVA — construction (F)
€480M
€312M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,210M
€1,356M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,400
€10,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
22,600 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,800
€15,300
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,522M
€3,343M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€822M
€759M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,179M
€6,207M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€786M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€324M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,450M
€734M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,811M
€1,019M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,377M
€5,034M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€49,822
€42,838
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,862M
€1,436M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
155,070
171,400
Self-employed persons
20,240
27,600
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,490
37,700
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.7%
72.3%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.7%
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Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.4%
1.4%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
174,900
169,700
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,498
25,085
Enterprise births
3,989
2,845
Enterprise deaths
8,167
3,481
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
5.4%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
0.5%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.3%
2.3%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.3%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.1%
31.6%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.3%
34.4%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
23.8%
4.4%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.5%
21.3%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.2%
7.3%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.4%
95.9%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,017,177
735,650
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
635 /1k
685 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,142 kt
10,622 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
7,023
74
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
5 km/1000km²
10 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,183
21
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
152
111
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
201,581
231,638
Population aged 65+
68,572
75,845
Population aged under 15
51,537
51,138
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
44.1 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
32.7%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.9 /1k
-4.4 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
1.0 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
6.1 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
11.5 /1k
Live births
2,454
2,190
Deaths
4,080
4,129
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
54.8%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.09
Population density (persons per km²)
21 /km²
60 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
214,008
252,489
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.8%
13.3%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.4 yrs
78.0 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.5%
11.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
487 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,322 /100k
1,598 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
238 /100k
268 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2.5 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
8.1 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
230 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
806 /100k
342 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
68 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.36
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.54
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.52
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.60
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.87
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.119/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.053/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
46 m
40 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
11 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
121 days/yr
64 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
1 days/yr