NUTS-3 LT026 · Lithuania
Šiaulių apskritis
Export region data (CSV)Šiaulių apskritis generates €5.1bn of GDP across 266.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 37.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +8.5%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for safety (48th EU percentile) and weakest for health (8.5th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
37.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth74.2
Livability32.1
Market access10
Economic scale32
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)
46.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability15
Labour stability41
Diversification72
Demographic stability57
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)
34
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density83
Airport access9
Market access10
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)
27
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.59.5 µg/m³
PM1017.1 µg/m³
NO218.8 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)
32.1
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy20
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety48
Connectivity43
Environment27.3
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
74.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.5%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.5 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
+0.2%
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 · 32.9%Diversified · HHI 2127
Agriculture 7.4%Industry 20.1%Construction 6.7%Trade · transport · ICT 32.9%Finance · real estate · prof. 15.9%Public · health · education 17%
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)
€4,607M
2024 · EU pctl 31
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€341M
2024 · EU pctl 77
GVA — industry (B–E)
€928M
2024 · EU pctl 29
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€714M
2024 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€309M
2024 · EU pctl 34
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€1,514M
2024 · EU pctl 52
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)
24,600 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 20
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€19,300
2024 · EU pctl 18
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)
€328M
2024 · EU pctl 22
GVA — information & communication (J)
€80M
2024 · EU pctl 38
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€732M
2024 · EU pctl 24
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€783M
2024 · EU pctl 21
Labour market
Employment, total persons
124,820
2024 · EU pctl 52
Self-employed persons
12,990
2024 · EU pctl 43
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,230
2024 · EU pctl 60
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)
23,346
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise births
4,754
2023 · EU pctl 83
Enterprise deaths
4,152
2023 · EU pctl 85
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.9%
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
296,252
2024 · EU pctl 18
Tourism intensity (nights per 1,000 inhabitants)
1,134 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 50
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.
2,093
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
785
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
115
CURRENT · EU pctl 91
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)
173,117
2025 · EU pctl 55
Population aged 65+
59,413
2025 · EU pctl 50
Population aged under 15
34,206
2025 · EU pctl 49
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of total population change
-0.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
8.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 81
Crude birth rate
5.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude death rate
14.6 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 87
Live births
1,506
2024 · EU pctl 42
Deaths
3,898
2024 · EU pctl 63
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.1%
2025 · EU pctl 17
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.09
2024 · EU pctl 8
Population density (persons per km²)
32 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 9
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 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
24.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
165 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
49 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
115 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 33
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
111 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 91
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.
17
2024 · EU pctl 68
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 83
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
53
2024 · EU pctl 47
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