NUTS-3 EE00A · Estonia
Kirde-Eesti
Export region data (CSV)Kirde-Eesti generates €2.3bn of GDP across 130.2k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 25.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by livability and economic growth. Its economy has grown +4.5%/yr over five years, with the employment rate up 3.5pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (91th EU percentile) and weakest for economy (16th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
25.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth40.6
Livability49.4
Market access3
Economic scale10
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)
11.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability1
Labour stability21
Diversification7
Demographic stability16
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density89
Airport access4
Market access3
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)
49.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy16
Jobs46
Education71
Health17.5
Safety34.7
Connectivity69.5
Environment91
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
40.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+4.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.1 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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 · 44.1%Moderately concentrated · HHI 2839
Agriculture 1.4%Industry 44.1%Construction 4.1%Trade · transport · ICT 13.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 16.2%Public · health · education 20.8%
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)
€2,056M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€28M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — industry (B–E)
€906M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€251M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — construction (F)
€85M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€276M
2024 · EU pctl 5
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)
€240M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — information & communication (J)
€26M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€332M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€428M
2024 · EU pctl 8
Labour market
Employment, total persons
54,380
2024 · EU pctl 19
Self-employed persons
3,970
2024 · EU pctl 8
Employment in manufacturing (C)
8,080
2024 · EU pctl 22
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)
6,976
2023 · EU pctl 28
Enterprise births
843
2023 · EU pctl 40
Enterprise deaths
1,605
2023 · EU pctl 63
3-year enterprise survival rate
4.9%
2023 · EU pctl 62
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)
381,914
2024 · EU pctl 25
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.
1,205
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
926
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
146
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)
77,053
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged 65+
37,318
2025 · EU pctl 31
Population aged under 15
15,785
2025 · EU pctl 19
Median age of population
50.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 88
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
48.4%
2025 · EU pctl 92
Crude rate of total population change
-16.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
4.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
15.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Live births
629
2024 · EU pctl 11
Deaths
2,020
2024 · EU pctl 33
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
68.9%
2025 · EU pctl 88
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
2024 · EU pctl 10
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
1.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 84
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
19.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 47
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
810 /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)
54 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 16
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 8
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
130 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
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 9
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 67
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