NUTS-3 LT028 · Lithuania
Telšių apskritis
Export region data (CSV)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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
30.5
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.6
Livability40.5
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)
42
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density82
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)
40.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy19.5
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety60.7
Connectivity42.5
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).
All indicators · 71 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
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
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
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
Tourism intensity (nights per 1,000 inhabitants)
1,065 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 42
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.
1,009
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
777
CURRENT · EU pctl 82
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
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
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
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
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