NUTS-3 LT029 · Lithuania
Utenos apskritis
Utenos apskritis generates €1.9bn of GDP across 122.7k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28.1/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.9%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 3.4pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for clean environment (70th EU percentile) and weakest for health (8.5th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard11 → 8 EU percentile since 1995 (-3 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
Air quality69
Talent & skills66
Energy cost62
Growth momentum57
Industrial base54
Governance47
Labour market44
Connectivity41
Quality of life38
Resilience28
Freight intensity24
Economic base7
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)
28.1
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth57
Livability38.3
Market access11
Economic scale6
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)
28.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability7
Labour stability41
Diversification56
Demographic stability9
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
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density97
Airport access15
Market access11
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)
68.5
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 2/3 pollutants
PM2.57.7 µg/m³
PM1012.9 µg/m³
NO2—
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)
38.3
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy13.5
Jobs31
Education47
Health8.5
Safety48.3
Connectivity50
Environment70
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
57
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.9%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+4.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.4 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-1.7 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.0%
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 · 33.1%Diversified · HHI 2214
Agriculture 5.1%Industry 33.1%Construction 5.5%Trade · transport · ICT 18.6%Finance · real estate · prof. 17.1%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)
€1,870M2024
5.5% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€1,408M2025
2.9% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 5
Population
122,7022025
2.8% 1y 1.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 21
Unemployment rate
7.8%2025
39.5% 1y 10.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 82
Employment
55,1302024
14.0% 1y 1.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 20
Productivity / employee
€36,4372025
7.4% 1y 5.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
Gross value added
€1,674M2024
4.8% 1y 6.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 6
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€1,674M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€86M
2024 · EU pctl 32
GVA — industry (B–E)
€555M
2024 · EU pctl 15
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€299M
2024 · EU pctl 12
GVA — construction (F)
€92M
2024 · EU pctl 8
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€312M
2024 · EU pctl 6
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)
19,200 PPS
2024 · EU pctl 7
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€15,000
2024 · EU pctl 10
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)
€186M
2024 · EU pctl 10
GVA — information & communication (J)
€32M
2024 · EU pctl 21
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€287M
2024 · EU pctl 6
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€342M
2024 · EU pctl 6
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€1,408M
2025 · EU pctl 5
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€36,437
2025 · EU pctl 6
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€490M
2025 · EU pctl 8
Labour market
Employment, total persons
55,130
2024 · EU pctl 20
Self-employed persons
8,020
2024 · EU pctl 28
Employment in manufacturing (C)
11,740
2024 · EU pctl 35
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)
62,800
2025 · EU pctl 22
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,692
2023 · EU pctl 41
Enterprise births
2,192
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise deaths
1,811
2023 · EU pctl 66
3-year enterprise survival rate
6.2%
2023 · EU pctl 91
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)
364,529
2024 · EU pctl 24
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
611 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 58 · NUTS-2 src
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
2,151 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.
1,692
CURRENT · EU pctl 74
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,379
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.
98
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
1
CURRENT · EU pctl 15
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
77,576
2025 · EU pctl 21
Population aged 65+
31,988
2025 · EU pctl 25
Population aged under 15
13,138
2025 · EU pctl 14
Median age of population
51.1 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 90
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
41.2%
2025 · EU pctl 74
Crude rate of total population change
-28.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-14.3 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude birth rate
4.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude death rate
18.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Live births
581
2024 · EU pctl 9
Deaths
2,294
2024 · EU pctl 38
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.2%
2025 · EU pctl 42
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
0.96
2024 · EU pctl 2
Population density (persons per km²)
19 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
38,470
2100 · EU pctl 2
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
1.6 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 86
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
26.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
193 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 11
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)
139 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 37
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 14
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
116 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 92
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 33
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 28
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
16.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 30
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
1.3%
2021 · EU pctl 26
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