NUTS-3 LT022 · Lithuania
Population
587,5112025
GDP
€15,856M2024
Unemployment· NUTS-2 source
7.8%2025
Employment· NUTS-2 source
77.7%2025
Active firms· FR-only
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Cadastral parcels· FR-only
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Area
8,093.7 km²
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2 regions side-by-side
LT022 · PL613
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Kauno apskritis (Opportunity 52). Runner-up: Bydgosko-toruński (48). Contrarian pick: Bydgosko-toruński — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 91).
Strengths
Growth momentum (81) · Cost advantage (80)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%)
Strengths
Cost advantage (91) · Energy cost (79)
Red flags
Governance (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Kauno apskritis
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%); Digital readiness (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 3) — Bydgosko-toruński may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Kauno apskritis · Manufacturing → Kauno apskritis · Office → Kauno apskritis · Residential → Bydgosko-toruński.
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
51.7
48.1
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
46.8
25.3
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
32.3
35.4
Clean AirPM2.5 / PM10 / NO₂ inverted
29.7
24.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
58.3
24.0
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
66.3
33.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
81.4
56.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
3.0% 5y
3.6% 5y
Population
0.7% 5y
0.9% 5y
Unemployment rate
2.4% 5y
17.9% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€26,988
€20,168
Population density
73 /km²
254 /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)
€14,200M
€13,483M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€283M
€169M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,957M
€3,461M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,699M
€2,887M
GVA — construction (F)
€1,270M
€1,011M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,865M
€3,999M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€14,200
€10,900
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
34,500 PPS
29,000 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,000
€19,600
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€10,284M
€5,384M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€1,567M
€1,236M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€21,259M
€12,111M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€974M
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GVA — information & communication (J)
€544M
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GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,226M
€2,140M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,599M
€2,703M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,938M
€12,996M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,826
€46,261
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,158M
€2,985M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
316,480
396,100
Self-employed persons
36,970
66,900
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,940
73,400
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
78.7%
75.2%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
15.5%
15.8%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
4.1%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
307,100
358,900
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
74,050
60,268
Enterprise births
14,697
6,763
Enterprise deaths
11,976
7,352
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
5.5%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
0.7%
0.8%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
2.9%
3.4%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
0.6%
0.7%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.7%
31.9%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
52.3%
32.3%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
9.4%
10.1%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
26.8%
21.6%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.7%
7.0%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
87.8%
96.0%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,485,242
1,314,860
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
611 /1k
613 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,402 kt
22,175 kt
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,845
2,104
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
7 km/1000km²
9 km/1000km²
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
484
284
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
126
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
379,049
474,374
Population aged 65+
123,890
160,467
Population aged under 15
84,572
105,040
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
43.9 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.7%
33.8%
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
-2.3 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
2.1 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
6.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
10.8 /1k
Live births
4,240
4,710
Deaths
7,330
7,967
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
56.0%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
1.03
Population density (persons per km²)
75 /km²
260 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
341,663
555,799
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
30.7%
21.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
77.2 yrs
78.2 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
26.2%
19.3%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
511 /100k
959 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,630 /100k
1,562 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
259 /100k
294 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.9 /100k
0.3 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.3 /100k
14.6 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
23.6 /100k
149 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
480 /100k
295 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
49 /M
65 /M
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.94
0.52
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.19
0.69
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.23
0.35
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.86
0.67
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.96
0.54
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.136/kWh
€0.113/kWh
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.050/kWh
€0.064/kWh
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
96 m
59 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
7 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
101 days/yr
77 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
2 days/yr