NUTS-3 LT025 · Lithuania
Panevėžio apskritis
Panevėžio apskritis generates €3.8bn of GDP across 207k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 31.7/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.0%/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 laggard11 → 14 EU percentile since 1995 (+4 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)
Cost advantage80
Industrial base73
Talent & skills66
Energy cost62
Growth momentum60
Governance47
Labour market44
Connectivity36
Resilience36
Quality of life32
Freight intensity32
Air quality30
Economic base18
Digital readiness3
Demographic outlook0
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)
31.7
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth60.4
Livability32.3
Market access11
Economic scale23
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)
35.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability10
Labour stability41
Diversification85
Demographic stability7
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)
36.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density90
Airport access8
Market access11
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
PM2.510.5 µg/m³
PM1016.4 µg/m³
NO215.4 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
Economy19
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety44
Connectivity46.5
Environment30.3
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
60.4
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.8%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.2 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.1%
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: Industry · 27.1%Diversified · HHI 2027
Agriculture 7.2%Industry 27.1%Construction 8.7%Trade · transport · ICT 25.2%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.3%Public · health · education 19.5%
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)
€3,846M2024
0.1% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,896M2025
2.9% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 19
Population
207,0172025
1.0% 1y 1.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 42
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
10.5% 1y 5.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
91,7902024
5.9% 1y 0.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 41
Productivity / employee
€45,0192025
7.4% 1y 8.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 15
Gross value added
€3,445M2024
0.8% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 22
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,445M
2024 · EU pctl 22
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€248M
2024 · EU pctl 67
GVA — industry (B–E)
€932M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€798M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — construction (F)
€301M
2024 · EU pctl 33
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€869M
2024 · EU pctl 31
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)
23,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 18
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,500
2024 · EU pctl 17
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)
€287M
2024 · EU pctl 19
GVA — information & communication (J)
€57M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€423M
2024 · EU pctl 11
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€671M
2024 · EU pctl 17
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,896M
2025 · EU pctl 19
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€45,019
2025 · EU pctl 15
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,009M
2025 · EU pctl 26
Labour market
Employment, total persons
91,790
2024 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
11,540
2024 · EU pctl 40
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,770
2024 · EU pctl 53
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)
106,400
2025 · EU pctl 44
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
18,843
2023 · EU pctl 59
Enterprise births
3,503
2023 · EU pctl 77
Enterprise deaths
3,268
2023 · EU pctl 79
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.4%
2023 · EU pctl 74
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)
164,767
2024 · EU pctl 9
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.
1,955
CURRENT · EU pctl 79
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
4,361 kt
2025 · EU pctl 32
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
944
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Motorway density (km per 1,000 km²)
7 km/1000km²
2024 · EU pctl 15 · NUTS-2 src
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
122
CURRENT · EU pctl 92
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
0
CURRENT · EU pctl 0
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
131,301
2025 · EU pctl 43
Population aged 65+
50,890
2025 · EU pctl 42
Population aged under 15
24,826
2025 · EU pctl 37
Median age of population
49.8 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 83
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
-10.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
0.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude birth rate
5.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 11
Crude death rate
15.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 93
Live births
1,185
2024 · EU pctl 32
Deaths
3,266
2024 · EU pctl 55
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.7%
2025 · EU pctl 39
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.08
2024 · EU pctl 7
Population density (persons per km²)
27 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 7
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
65,813
2100 · EU pctl 9
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
2.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 94
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
9.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 24
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
23.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
245 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
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)
78 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 23
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 16
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
108 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 3
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 63
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 69
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 54
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
30.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 53
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.9%
2021 · EU pctl 59
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