NUTS-3 LT027 · Lithuania
Tauragės apskritis
Tauragės apskritis generates €1.4bn of GDP across 89.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 27.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +9.7%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (50th EU percentile) and weakest for health (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard0 → 8 EU percentile since 1995 (+8 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
Talent & skills66
Growth momentum66
Energy cost62
Governance47
Labour market44
Connectivity39
Freight intensity36
Industrial base36
Quality of life33
Resilience26
Economic base9
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)
27.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.8
Livability32.7
Market access7
Economic scale4
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)
26.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability8
Labour stability41
Diversification46
Demographic stability10
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)
38.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access12
Market access7
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)
32.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy14.5
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety45.3
Connectivity50
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
65.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+9.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+1.2 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 · 36.6%Diversified · HHI 2279
Agriculture 10.7%Industry 16.1%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 36.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 11.3%Public · health · education 20.4%
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).
Trends · 2009–2024
GDP (current prices)
€1,444M2024
9.7% 1y 9.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,087M2025
2.9% 1y 3.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Population
89,9462025
0.6% 1y 0.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 11
Unemployment rate
7.8%2025
21.9% 1y 8.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Employment
38,6102024
0.4% 1y 1.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Productivity / employee
€40,1732025
7.4% 1y 13.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Gross value added
€1,293M2024
8.9% 1y 9.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 4
All indicators · 86 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,293M
2024 · EU pctl 4
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€139M
2024 · EU pctl 48
GVA — industry (B–E)
€209M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€181M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — construction (F)
€63M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€473M
2024 · EU pctl 14
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)
20,400 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 9
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€16,000
2024 · EU pctl 13
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)
€97M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — information & communication (J)
€13M
2024 · EU pctl 7
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€146M
2024 · EU pctl 2
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€263M
2024 · EU pctl 4
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,087M
2025 · EU pctl 3
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€40,173
2025 · EU pctl 10
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€379M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour market
Employment, total persons
38,610
2024 · EU pctl 9
Self-employed persons
6,230
2024 · EU pctl 20
Employment in manufacturing (C)
5,240
2024 · EU pctl 12
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)
47,200
2025 · EU pctl 13
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
7,564
2023 · EU pctl 31
Enterprise births
1,394
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise deaths
1,269
2023 · EU pctl 56
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 82
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)
41,714
2024 · EU pctl 1
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,078 kt
2025 · EU pctl 13
Distinct public-transport stop locations within the region (GTFS feeds, deduplicated across overlapping feeds by coordinate). A measure of transit-network extent.
1,234
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,372
CURRENT · EU pctl 97
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.
107
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
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)
58,248
2025 · EU pctl 12
Population aged 65+
20,247
2025 · EU pctl 9
Population aged under 15
11,451
2025 · EU pctl 10
Median age of population
47.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 61
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.8%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Crude rate of total population change
-6.5 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 12
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
1.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 22
Crude birth rate
6.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 21
Crude death rate
14.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 85
Live births
578
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
1,296
2024 · EU pctl 14
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
54.4%
2025 · EU pctl 18
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.21
2024 · EU pctl 22
Population density (persons per km²)
21 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 4
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
30,042
2100 · EU pctl 1
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
6.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 100
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
4.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 7
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
8.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
131 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
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)
76 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 22
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
104 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 89
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Environment
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
7.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 10
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
2.1%
2021 · EU pctl 39
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