NUTS-3 LT022 · Lithuania
Kauno apskritis
Export region data (CSV)Kauno apskritis generates €16bn of GDP across 587.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 51.8/100 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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
51.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth81.4
Livability32.6
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)
60
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density64
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)
32.6
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy38
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety40.7
Connectivity33.5
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).
All indicators · 71 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
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
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
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
Tourism intensity (nights per 1,000 inhabitants)
2,608 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58
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.
3,240
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
552
CURRENT · EU pctl 64
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 82
Crude birth rate
7.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 37
Crude death rate
12.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 63
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
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
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
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
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