NUTS-3 LT023 · Lithuania
Klaipėdos apskritis
Klaipėdos apskritis generates €8.1bn of GDP across 343.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 42.3/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic growth and economic scale. Its economy has grown +8.6%/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
Persistent laggard12 → 20 EU percentile since 1995 (+8 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 momentum82
Cost advantage80
Talent & skills66
Industrial base65
Energy cost62
Resilience58
Connectivity49
Governance47
Labour market44
Freight intensity40
Economic base39
Quality of life32
Air quality32
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)
42.3
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth81.6
Livability31.7
Market access5
Economic scale51
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)
58
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability32
Labour stability41
Diversification62
Demographic stability97
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)
49
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access81
Market access5
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)
31.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.5 µg/m³
PM1015.7 µg/m³
NO217.6 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)
31.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy29.5
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety42
Connectivity32
Environment32
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
81.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.7%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+1.4%
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 · 31.3%Diversified · HHI 2178
Agriculture 2.3%Industry 23.4%Construction 10.1%Trade · transport · ICT 31.3%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.6%Public · health · education 17.4%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€8,111M2024
6.0% 1y 8.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€6,107M2025
2.9% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 46
Population
343,8622025
1.2% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 65
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
18.5% 1y 2.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
172,5502024
1.9% 1y 2.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 68
Productivity / employee
€50,5072025
7.4% 1y 7.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Gross value added
€7,265M2024
5.2% 1y 8.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 51
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€7,265M
2024 · EU pctl 51
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€165M
2024 · EU pctl 53
GVA — industry (B–E)
€1,697M
2024 · EU pctl 52
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€1,516M
2024 · EU pctl 57
GVA — construction (F)
€732M
2024 · EU pctl 70
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€2,274M
2024 · EU pctl 68
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)
30,300 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 39
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€23,700
2024 · EU pctl 25
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)
€501M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — information & communication (J)
€109M
2024 · EU pctl 44
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€1,134M
2024 · EU pctl 40
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€1,263M
2024 · EU pctl 41
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€6,107M
2025 · EU pctl 46
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€50,507
2025 · EU pctl 19
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€2,127M
2025 · EU pctl 58
Labour market
Employment, total persons
172,550
2024 · EU pctl 68
Self-employed persons
19,550
2024 · EU pctl 57
Employment in manufacturing (C)
29,880
2024 · EU pctl 71
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)
180,100
2025 · EU pctl 68
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
43,344
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise births
8,602
2023 · EU pctl 93
Enterprise deaths
6,979
2023 · EU pctl 93
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 90
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)
2,243,622
2024 · EU pctl 72
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.
1,754
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
8,496 kt
2025 · EU pctl 57
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).
510
CURRENT · EU pctl 61
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
26
CURRENT · EU pctl 19
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)
222,333
2025 · EU pctl 66
Population aged 65+
69,685
2025 · EU pctl 58
Population aged under 15
51,844
2025 · EU pctl 67
Median age of population
43.6 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 24
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
31.3%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Crude rate of total population change
11.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
17.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Crude birth rate
6.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Crude death rate
12.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 59
Live births
2,286
2024 · EU pctl 59
Deaths
4,169
2024 · EU pctl 67
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.7%
2025 · EU pctl 20
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.15
2024 · EU pctl 14
Population density (persons per km²)
73 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 29
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
224,327
2100 · EU pctl 52
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
2.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
20.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
318 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 20
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)
39 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 12
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
93 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 84
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
16
2024 · EU pctl 59
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 78
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
54
2024 · EU pctl 52
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
35.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 59
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.1%
2021 · EU pctl 51
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