NUTS-3 EE008 · Estonia
Lõuna-Eesti
Export region data (CSV)Lõuna-Eesti generates €7.4bn of GDP across 321.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.0%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (93th EU percentile) and weakest for health (17.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
42.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth63.2
Livability51.8
Market access7
Economic scale47
Equal-weighted mean of four EU-percentile pillars (deliberately orthogonal: growth=trend, livability=quality, market=distance-weighted demand proxy, scale=absolute GDP). Experimental — a screening triage, not investment advice.
Resilience Index · downside / risk lens (experimental)
48
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability25
Labour stability21
Diversification81
Demographic stability65
Inverse of GDP-growth & unemployment volatility (since 2008, incl. 2009/2020 shocks), economic diversification (inverse HHI) and population stability — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher withstands downturns better. Experimental.
Connectivity Index · transit · air · market access (experimental)
37
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density100
Airport access4
Market access7
Public-transport stop density, proximity to a major airport, and gravity access to surrounding economic mass — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = better-connected. Experimental.
Talent & Human Capital Index · skills base (experimental)
69.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary64
Lifelong learning90
Knowledge workers64
Scientists & engineers61
Young tertiary attainment (25–34), adult lifelong learning, knowledge-worker share and scientists & engineers — each EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = deeper talent pool. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
51.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy23
Jobs46
Education71
Health17.5
Safety37.3
Connectivity75
Environment93
Equal-weighted percentile across 6 pillars vs all EU NUTS-3; lower-is-better indicators (crime, unemployment, mortality) inverted. Experimental — regional screening only.
Growth momentum · trend analytics
63.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-0.8 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.3%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.5 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
+0.5 pp
5-yr change
Compound annual growth to the latest available year vs all EU NUTS-3; GDP is nominal EUR (“vs country avg” removes most national inflation). Screening signal, not a forecast.
Economic structure · gross value added by sector
Dominant: Public · health · education · 28.1%Diversified · HHI 2071
Agriculture 4.6%Industry 18.6%Construction 7.4%Trade · transport · ICT 18.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 22.5%Public · health · education 28.1%
Share of total GVA (latest year). HHI = sum of squared sector shares ×10,000; higher means a more concentrated, single-sector-dependent economy (more cyclicality risk).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€6,448M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€294M
2024 · EU pctl 73
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,202M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,076M
2024 · EU pctl 43
GVA — construction (F)
€480M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,210M
2024 · EU pctl 42
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€15,400
2024 · EU pctl 25 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
24,800 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 21
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€22,800
2024 · EU pctl 24
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€9,522M
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€822M
2024 · EU pctl 19 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€20,179M
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€786M
2024 · EU pctl 45
GVA — information & communication (J)
€324M
2024 · EU pctl 66
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,450M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,811M
2024 · EU pctl 57
Labour market
Employment, total persons
155,070
2024 · EU pctl 64
Self-employed persons
20,240
2024 · EU pctl 58
Employment in manufacturing (C)
26,490
2024 · EU pctl 67
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
81.7%
2025 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
20.7%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
30,498
2023 · EU pctl 74
Enterprise births
3,989
2023 · EU pctl 81
Enterprise deaths
8,167
2023 · EU pctl 94
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 64
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
2
2012 · EU pctl 15
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
5 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 13
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
2.0%
2024 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
7.3%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
44.3%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
23.8%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
25.5%
2025 · EU pctl 64 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.2%
2025 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
95.4%
2025 · EU pctl 50 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,017,177
2024 · EU pctl 54
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
635 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
6,961
CURRENT · EU pctl 98
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,164
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
152
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
201,581
2025 · EU pctl 61
Population aged 65+
68,572
2025 · EU pctl 57
Population aged under 15
51,537
2025 · EU pctl 67
Median age of population
42.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of total population change
-4.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Crude birth rate
7.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 45
Crude death rate
12.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Live births
2,454
2024 · EU pctl 62
Deaths
4,080
2024 · EU pctl 65
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.6%
2025 · EU pctl 53
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.29
2024 · EU pctl 32
Population density (persons per km²)
21 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 4
Social
Life expectancy at birth
79.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,322 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
238 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 62 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
1.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 76
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
806 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
46 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 12
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
121 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 7
Environment
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
5
2024 · EU pctl 7
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
52
2024 · EU pctl 41
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Estonia regions