NUTS-3 LT026 · Lithuania
Šiaulių apskritis
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).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard9 → 15 EU percentile since 1995 (+6 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
Growth momentum74
Talent & skills66
Energy cost62
Governance47
Resilience46
Freight intensity45
Labour market44
Industrial base42
Connectivity34
Quality of life32
Air quality27
Economic base20
Digital readiness3
Demographic outlook1
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)
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€5,144M2024
7.3% 1y 8.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 32
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€3,873M2025
2.9% 1y 1.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 28
Population
266,7362025
0.0% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Unemployment rate
7.8%2025
0.0% 1y 3.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Employment
124,8202024
1.8% 1y 1.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 52
Productivity / employee
€44,2762025
7.4% 1y 7.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 14
Gross value added
€4,607M2024
6.6% 1y 8.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 31
All indicators · 89 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
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€3,873M
2025 · EU pctl 28
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€44,276
2025 · EU pctl 14
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€1,349M
2025 · EU pctl 37
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
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
7.8%
2025 · EU pctl 82
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
140,300
2025 · EU pctl 56
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
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)
296,252
2024 · EU pctl 18
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,073 kt
2025 · EU pctl 49
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
2,097
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
786
CURRENT · EU pctl 83
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.
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 42
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
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
127,932
2100 · EU pctl 28
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
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
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)
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
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
33.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 57
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 27
Similar regions · nearest peers on standardised NUTS-3 indicators
Other Lithuania regions