NUTS-3 LT021 · Lithuania
Alytaus apskritis
Export region data (CSV)Alytaus apskritis generates €2.0bn of GDP across 132.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 29.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (99th EU percentile) and weakest for health (8.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
29.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60
Livability41.7
Market access10
Economic scale7
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)
38.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability17
Labour stability41
Diversification86
Demographic stability10
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)
44
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density96
Airport access26
Market access10
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)
66.3
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary86
Lifelong learning41
Knowledge workers73
Scientists & engineers65
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)
41.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy13.5
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety43.3
Connectivity49.5
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
60
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.9%
CAGR
Employment rate
+3.4 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.5 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: Trade · transport · ICT · 25.2%Diversified · HHI 2015
Agriculture 5.2%Industry 22.6%Construction 8.8%Trade · transport · ICT 25.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 15%Public · health · education 23.3%
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 · 70 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,798M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€93M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — industry (B–E)
€406M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€322M
2024 · EU pctl 13
GVA — construction (F)
€158M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€453M
2024 · EU pctl 12
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€14,200
2024 · EU pctl 20 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
19,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 7
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,000
2024 · EU pctl 10
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€10,284M
2024 · EU pctl 36 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,567M
2024 · EU pctl 35 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€21,259M
2024 · EU pctl 32 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€178M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — information & communication (J)
€43M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€270M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€418M
2024 · EU pctl 8
Labour market
Employment, total persons
59,800
2024 · EU pctl 23
Self-employed persons
8,390
2024 · EU pctl 29
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,930
2024 · EU pctl 35
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
78.7%
2025 · EU pctl 54 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
15.5%
2025 · EU pctl 55 · NUTS-2 src
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
12,699
2023 · EU pctl 48
Enterprise births
2,462
2023 · EU pctl 69
Enterprise deaths
2,122
2023 · EU pctl 71
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.4%
2023 · EU pctl 93
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.7%
2023 · EU pctl 13 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
2.9%
2025 · EU pctl 18 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
42.7%
2025 · EU pctl 81 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
52.3%
2025 · EU pctl 86 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
9.4%
2025 · EU pctl 41 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
26.8%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
9.7%
2025 · EU pctl 65 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
87.8%
2025 · EU pctl 3 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
1,193,175
2024 · EU pctl 57
Tourism intensity (nights per 1,000 inhabitants)
8,793 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 100
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · 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.
1,621
CURRENT · EU pctl 72
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,220
CURRENT · EU pctl 96
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
81
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
84,459
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged 65+
33,026
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged under 15
15,434
2025 · EU pctl 19
Median age of population
49.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 82
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
39.1%
2025 · EU pctl 64
Crude rate of total population change
-9.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 5
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Crude birth rate
5.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude death rate
15.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 91
Live births
672
2024 · EU pctl 13
Deaths
2,040
2024 · EU pctl 33
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.4%
2025 · EU pctl 37
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.96
2024 · EU pctl 2
Population density (persons per km²)
26 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 6
Social
At risk of poverty or social exclusion (AROPE)
30.7%
2025 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Life expectancy at birth
77.2 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 7 · NUTS-2 src
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
528 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,630 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 90 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
259 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 85 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
2.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
18.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
301 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 19
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
128 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
103 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
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).
49
2024 · EU pctl 24
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