NUTS-3 LT022 · Lithuania
Kauno apskritis
Kauno apskritis generates €16bn of GDP across 587.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.7/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +9.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (47th EU percentile) and weakest for health (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Long-run riser8 → 24 EU percentile since 1995 (+16 ranks)
Yearly EU-wide percentile of real GDP per head (ARDECO regional accounts, constant 2020 prices, derived over population). 50 = the EU median that year; percentiles are scale-free, so decades are directly comparable. See the backtest for what long-run prosperity ranks do — and don't — anticipate.
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Growth momentum81
Cost advantage80
Talent & skills66
Energy cost62
Connectivity58
Industrial base58
Economic base56
Governance47
Resilience47
Labour market44
Quality of life32
Air quality30
Freight intensity28
Demographic outlook3
Digital readiness3
Each bar is this region's EU percentile on a screener pillar (higher = better for siting; cost & energy are inverted so cheap scores high). These are the exact weights you tune in the Site Screener.
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth81.4
Livability32.3
Market access17
Economic scale76
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)
46.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability16
Labour stability41
Diversification47
Demographic stability83
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)
58.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density59
Airport access99
Market access17
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.
Clean-Air Score · air-quality livability (experimental)
29.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.511.2 µg/m³
PM1021 µg/m³
NO212 µg/m³
PM2.5, PM10 & NO2 annual means from official monitoring networks, inverted (lower pollution = higher) and EU-percentile-ranked. Higher = cleaner air; ground-level ozone is shown separately. Experimental.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
32.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy38
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety40.7
Connectivity31
Environment29.7
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
81.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+8.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.7%
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 · 34.3%Diversified · HHI 2272
Agriculture 2%Industry 20.8%Construction 8.9%Trade · transport · ICT 34.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.7%Public · health · education 18.3%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€15,856M2024
6.7% 1y 9.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€11,938M2025
2.9% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 72
Population
587,5112025
0.4% 1y 0.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 83
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
11.6% 1y 2.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
316,4802024
3.2% 1y 3.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Productivity / employee
€53,8262025
7.4% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Gross value added
€14,200M2024
6.0% 1y 9.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 76
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€14,200M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€283M
2024 · EU pctl 72
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,957M
2024 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,699M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — construction (F)
€1,270M
2024 · EU pctl 86
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€4,865M
2024 · EU pctl 86
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)
34,500 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 56
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€27,000
2024 · EU pctl 31
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)
€974M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — information & communication (J)
€544M
2024 · EU pctl 76
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€2,226M
2024 · EU pctl 65
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€2,599M
2024 · EU pctl 69
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€11,938M
2025 · EU pctl 72
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€53,826
2025 · EU pctl 21
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€4,158M
2025 · EU pctl 80
Labour market
Employment, total persons
316,480
2024 · EU pctl 87
Self-employed persons
36,970
2024 · EU pctl 77
Employment in manufacturing (C)
56,940
2024 · EU pctl 90
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.7%
2025 · EU pctl 81
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
307,100
2025 · EU pctl 85
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
74,050
2023 · EU pctl 92
Enterprise births
14,697
2023 · EU pctl 96
Enterprise deaths
11,976
2023 · EU pctl 97
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.1%
2023 · EU pctl 89
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
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.6%
2023 · EU pctl 20 · 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)
1,485,242
2024 · EU pctl 62
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
11,402 kt
2025 · EU pctl 68
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,845
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
7 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
484
CURRENT · EU pctl 59
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
5
CURRENT · EU pctl 1
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)
379,049
2025 · EU pctl 84
Population aged 65+
123,890
2025 · EU pctl 82
Population aged under 15
84,572
2025 · EU pctl 82
Median age of population
43.7 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.7%
2025 · EU pctl 25
Crude rate of total population change
3.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 67
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 38
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 64
Live births
4,240
2024 · EU pctl 80
Deaths
7,330
2024 · EU pctl 88
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.0%
2025 · EU pctl 21
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.16
2024 · EU pctl 16
Population density (persons per km²)
75 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 30
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
341,663
2100 · EU pctl 69
Health
Hospital beds per 100k inhabitants
511 /100k
2024 · 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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
11.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
23.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
480 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 30
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.94
2022 · EU pctl 31
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.19
2022 · EU pctl 38
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.23
2022 · EU pctl 48
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.86
2022 · EU pctl 39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.96
2022 · EU pctl 95
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.136/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 38
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.050/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 39
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
96 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 27
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 23
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
101 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 88
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
21
2024 · EU pctl 83
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
12
2024 · EU pctl 47
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
55
2024 · EU pctl 55
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
51.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 71
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.8%
2021 · EU pctl 35
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