NUTS-3 LT028 · Lithuania
Telšių apskritis
Telšių apskritis generates €2.4bn of GDP across 129.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 30.5/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +8.8%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (74th EU percentile) and weakest for health (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard7 → 14 EU percentile since 1995 (+7 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)
Industrial base86
Cost advantage80
Air quality73
Talent & skills66
Growth momentum66
Energy cost62
Governance47
Labour market44
Connectivity42
Quality of life40
Resilience37
Freight intensity29
Economic base19
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)
30.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.6
Livability40.4
Market access6
Economic scale10
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)
36.8
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability8
Labour stability41
Diversification82
Demographic stability16
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)
41.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density81
Airport access38
Market access6
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)
72.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58 µg/m³
PM1013 µg/m³
NO26 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)
40.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy19.5
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety60.7
Connectivity42
Environment74
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
65.6
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+8.8%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.5%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.3 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.3 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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 · 31.7%Diversified · HHI 2057
Agriculture 5.3%Industry 31.7%Construction 14.8%Trade · transport · ICT 19.8%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.1%Public · health · education 16.2%
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)
€2,450M2024
5.2% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,845M2025
2.9% 1y 2.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 9
Population
129,8842025
0.8% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
Unemployment rate
7.7%2025
45.3% 1y 0.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 81
Employment
63,8102024
4.3% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 25
Productivity / employee
€41,2482025
7.4% 1y 8.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
Gross value added
€2,194M2024
4.4% 1y 8.8% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 10
All indicators · 89 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,194M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€116M
2024 · EU pctl 41
GVA — industry (B–E)
€696M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€632M
2024 · EU pctl 27
GVA — construction (F)
€325M
2024 · EU pctl 37
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€434M
2024 · EU pctl 12
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)
24,000 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 19
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€18,800
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)
€177M
2024 · EU pctl 9
GVA — information & communication (J)
€25M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€267M
2024 · EU pctl 5
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€356M
2024 · EU pctl 6
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,845M
2025 · EU pctl 9
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€41,248
2025 · EU pctl 10
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€642M
2025 · EU pctl 13
Labour market
Employment, total persons
63,810
2024 · EU pctl 25
Self-employed persons
9,510
2024 · EU pctl 33
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,770
2024 · EU pctl 41
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)
67,800
2025 · EU pctl 24
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,079
2023 · EU pctl 43
Enterprise births
2,151
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise deaths
1,804
2023 · EU pctl 66
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.7%
2023 · EU pctl 81
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)
140,277
2024 · EU pctl 7
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.
973
CURRENT · EU pctl 53
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,596 kt
2025 · EU pctl 17
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
749
CURRENT · EU pctl 81
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.
65
CURRENT · EU pctl 62
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
83,680
2025 · EU pctl 24
Population aged 65+
28,450
2025 · EU pctl 20
Population aged under 15
17,754
2025 · EU pctl 23
Median age of population
46.5 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 53
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.0%
2025 · EU pctl 32
Crude rate of total population change
-7.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 9
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 10
Crude birth rate
6.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Crude death rate
13.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 73
Live births
791
2024 · EU pctl 17
Deaths
1,711
2024 · EU pctl 26
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
55.2%
2025 · EU pctl 22
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.11
2024 · EU pctl 10
Population density (persons per km²)
31 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 8
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
47,627
2100 · EU pctl 5
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
0.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 55
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 6
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
11.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
125 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 5
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)
187 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 46
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 9
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
110 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 17
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
13
2024 · EU pctl 29
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
6
2024 · EU pctl 11
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 67
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
19.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 36
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
0.6%
2021 · EU pctl 14
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