NUTS-3 LT024 · Lithuania
Marijampolės apskritis
Export region data (CSV)Marijampolės apskritis generates €2.1bn of GDP across 133.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 26.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.8%/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)
26.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth62
Livability28.1
Market access9
Economic scale8
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)
34
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability10
Labour stability41
Diversification76
Demographic stability9
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)
31.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density48
Airport access38
Market access9
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)
28.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy14
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety42.3
Connectivity25.5
Environment—
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
62
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.8 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 · 31.4%Diversified · HHI 2105
Agriculture 11%Industry 22.5%Construction 5.3%Trade · transport · ICT 31.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 11.8%Public · health · education 18%
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 · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,876M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€207M
2024 · EU pctl 61
GVA — industry (B–E)
€422M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€387M
2024 · EU pctl 16
GVA — construction (F)
€99M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€589M
2024 · EU pctl 20
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)
20,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 8
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,600
2024 · EU pctl 12
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)
€150M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — information & communication (J)
€22M
2024 · EU pctl 14
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€221M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€338M
2024 · EU pctl 6
Labour market
Employment, total persons
62,510
2024 · EU pctl 24
Self-employed persons
10,160
2024 · EU pctl 35
Employment in manufacturing (C)
12,570
2024 · EU pctl 38
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)
11,220
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise births
2,269
2023 · EU pctl 66
Enterprise deaths
1,961
2023 · EU pctl 68
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.5%
2023 · EU pctl 78
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)
93,619
2024 · EU pctl 3
Tourism intensity (nights per 1,000 inhabitants)
686 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 8
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.
515
CURRENT · EU pctl 36
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
386
CURRENT · EU pctl 48
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
66
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
86,608
2025 · EU pctl 26
Population aged 65+
29,513
2025 · EU pctl 22
Population aged under 15
17,239
2025 · EU pctl 22
Median age of population
46.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 56
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.1%
2025 · EU pctl 33
Crude rate of total population change
-9.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Live births
757
2024 · EU pctl 16
Deaths
1,986
2024 · EU pctl 32
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.0%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.03
2024 · EU pctl 4
Population density (persons per km²)
31 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 8
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
3.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 98
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
15.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
268 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 17
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
58 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 17
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
4 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 25
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
95 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 85
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 26
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