NUTS-3 EE009 · Estonia
Kesk-Eesti
Export region data (CSV)Kesk-Eesti generates €2.2bn of GDP across 122.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.1%/yr over five years and cooling, with the employment rate up 3.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (16th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
31.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth49.4
Livability53.4
Market access14
Economic scale9
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)
42.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability4
Labour stability21
Diversification95
Demographic stability50
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density100
Airport access25
Market access14
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)
53.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy16
Jobs46
Education71
Health17.5
Safety49
Connectivity75
Environment99
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
49.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
-2.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.8 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.1%
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: Industry · 24.9%Diversified · HHI 1863
Agriculture 9.6%Industry 24.9%Construction 9%Trade · transport · ICT 17.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 19.9%Public · health · education 19.4%
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 · 65 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,927M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€185M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — industry (B–E)
€480M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€446M
2024 · EU pctl 18
GVA — construction (F)
€173M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€331M
2024 · EU pctl 7
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)
19,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 7
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€17,800
2024 · EU pctl 16
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)
€282M
2024 · EU pctl 18
GVA — information & communication (J)
€17M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€384M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€375M
2024 · EU pctl 7
Labour market
Employment, total persons
49,330
2024 · EU pctl 16
Self-employed persons
5,660
2024 · EU pctl 16
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,540
2024 · EU pctl 34
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)
10,244
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise births
1,186
2023 · EU pctl 49
Enterprise deaths
2,393
2023 · EU pctl 73
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 64
Innovation & R&D
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)
290,214
2024 · EU pctl 17
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.
2,705
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
2,202
CURRENT · EU pctl 100
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
82
CURRENT · EU pctl 75
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
74,896
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged 65+
29,040
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged under 15
18,934
2025 · EU pctl 26
Median age of population
45.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 42
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
-8.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 8
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Live births
828
2024 · EU pctl 19
Deaths
1,766
2024 · EU pctl 27
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
64.1%
2025 · EU pctl 78
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.33
2024 · EU pctl 38
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 58
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
5.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
543 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
50 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 61 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
114 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 32
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
0 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 5
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
140 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 94
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
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.
2
2024 · EU pctl 1
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 28
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
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