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 · PL925
Decision brief
Download brief (PDF)mandate-neutral · ranked by overall opportunity
Best overall fit: Lõuna-Eesti (Opportunity 42). Runner-up: Siedlecki (42). Contrarian pick: Siedlecki — leads the set on Cost advantage (EU pctl 83).
Strengths
Cost advantage (75) · Energy cost (73)
Red flags
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%)
Why you might not pick Lõuna-Eesti
Demographic outlook (EU bottom 15%). Its weakest dimension is Demographic outlook (EU pctl 6) — Siedlecki may suit a mandate that weights that higher.
How robust is this recommendation?
The leader depends on the mandate: Logistics → Lõuna-Eesti · Manufacturing → Lõuna-Eesti · Office → Lõuna-Eesti · Residential → Siedlecki.
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
42.2
Resilience Indexdiversification, stability, buffers
48.0
35.0
Quality of Lifeprosperity, health, safety, environment
51.8
32.0
Connectivitytransit + air + market access
37.0
19.7
Talent & Human Capitalskills, learning, knowledge workers
69.8
16.5
Growth Momentumrecent GDP / employment trajectory
63.0
66.8
Trajectories · 2012–latest
Real GDP (2020 prices)
0.6% 5y
3.7% 5y
Population
0.3% 5y
1.0% 5y
Unemployment rate
4.6% 5y
6.3% 5y
Derived comparisons
GDP per capita
€22,878
€16,465
Population density
19 /km²
65 /km²
Parcels per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
Firms per 1k pop
FR-only
FR-only
All indicators · 88 metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,448M
€5,886M
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€294M
€805M
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,202M
€1,614M
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,076M
€1,402M
GVA — construction (F)
€480M
€509M
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,210M
€1,306M
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
€15,400
€12,200
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
23,700 PPS
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,800
€16,000
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy) ·N2
€9,522M
€8,741M
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C) ·N2
€822M
€3,241M
Compensation of employees (total wage bill) ·N2
€20,179M
€12,664M
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€786M
—
GVA — information & communication (J)
€324M
—
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,450M
€664M
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,811M
€988M
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€5,377M
€5,487M
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€49,822
€47,494
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,862M
€1,635M
Labour market
Employment, total persons
155,070
169,100
Self-employed persons
20,240
47,400
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,490
33,300
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source) ·N2
81.7%
75.1%
Youth unemployment rate (15–24) ·N2
20.7%
14.2%
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.4%
4.2%
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
174,900
189,300
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,498
23,077
Enterprise births
3,989
2,335
Enterprise deaths
8,167
2,770
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
5.6%
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP ·N2
2.0%
0.3%
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total) ·N2
7.3%
1.8%
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE) ·N2
1.4%
0.2%
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64 ·N2
42.1%
31.8%
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool) ·N2
44.3%
36.7%
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks) ·N2
23.8%
4.2%
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force) ·N2
25.5%
17.8%
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force) ·N2
9.2%
5.1%
Digital
Households with internet access ·N2
95.4%
97.7%
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,017,177
430,035
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants ·N2
635 /1k
665 /1k
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
6,142 kt
8,673 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
42
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²) ·N2
5 km/1000km²
—
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,183
11
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
152
99
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
1
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
201,581
249,842
Population aged 65+
68,572
79,979
Population aged under 15
51,537
65,810
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
42.2 yrs
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
32.0%
Crude rate of total population change
-4.9 /1k
-4.7 /1k
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
-1.9 /1k
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
8.4 /1k
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
11.2 /1k
Live births
2,454
3,348
Deaths
4,080
4,457
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
58.4%
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
1.44
Population density (persons per km²)
21 /km²
66 /km²
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
214,008
303,269
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE) ·N2
21.8%
16.4%
Life expectancy at birth ·N2
79.4 yrs
77.7 yrs
At-risk-of-poverty rate (regional) ·N2
19.5%
15.6%
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants ·N2
—
413 /100k
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate) ·N2
1,322 /100k
1,650 /100k
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate) ·N2
238 /100k
274 /100k
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
1.0 /100k
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
3.8 /100k
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
—
94.3 /100k
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
806 /100k
127 /100k
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants ·N2
50 /M
92 /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
172 m
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
6 days/yr
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
121 days/yr
92 days/yr
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
2 days/yr