NUTS-3 LT023 · Lithuania
Klaipėdos apskritis
Export region data (CSV)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).
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)
48.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density61
Airport access80
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).
All indicators · 71 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
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
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
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
Tourism intensity (nights per 1,000 inhabitants)
6,919 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 92
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.
1,789
CURRENT · EU pctl 76
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
520
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 20
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
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
2.6 /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
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
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