NUTS-3 LV005 · Latvia
Latgale
Latgale generates €2.8bn of GDP across 239.4k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 24.4/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.6%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (63th EU percentile) and weakest for health (6th).
Long-run trajectory · EU percentile of real GDP per head, 1995–2024
Persistent laggard1 → 4 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 advantage84
Energy cost73
Talent & skills57
Freight intensity56
Growth momentum52
Industrial base52
Labour market46
Governance36
Connectivity33
Digital readiness31
Quality of life31
Air quality25
Resilience18
Economic base1
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)
24.4
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.2
Livability30.5
Market access2
Economic scale13
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)
17.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability6
Labour stability10
Diversification51
Demographic stability3
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)
32.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density95
Airport access1
Market access2
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)
56.8
/ 100 · higher = deeper skills base than more EU regions · 4/4 facets
Young tertiary66
Lifelong learning59
Knowledge workers57
Scientists & engineers45
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)
24.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.510.6 µg/m³
PM1019.4 µg/m³
NO215.2 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)
30.5
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy8.5
Jobs35.5
Education47.5
Health6
Safety28
Connectivity63
Environment25.3
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
52.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.6%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.6%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+2.0 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.5 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-1.4%
CAGR
Employment rate
+1.2 pp
5-yr change
Unemployment
-1.2 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: Public · health · education · 32.6%Diversified · HHI 2241
Agriculture 6%Industry 22.9%Construction 4.9%Trade · transport · ICT 20.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.9%Public · health · education 32.6%
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 · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€2,822M2023
5.2% 1y 7.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Real GDP (2020 prices)
€2,301M2025
2.1% 1y 1.5% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 13
Population
239,3622025
1.7% 1y 1.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 48
Unemployment rate
6.9%2025
16.9% 1y 9.9% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 75
Employment
104,0302023
2.7% 1y 0.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 45
Productivity / employee
€30,1022025
6.4% 1y 8.7% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 3
Gross value added
€2,482M2023
5.9% 1y 8.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 12
All indicators · 87 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,482M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€150M
2023 · EU pctl 50
GVA — industry (B–E)
€568M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€435M
2023 · EU pctl 18
GVA — construction (F)
€121M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€514M
2023 · EU pctl 16
Net disposable household income per capita (NUTS-2 source)
€12,000
2024 · EU pctl 16 · NUTS-2 src
GDP per capita in PPS (purchasing-power adjusted)
14,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 1
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€11,500
2023 · EU pctl 3
Gross fixed capital formation — investment (total economy)
€9,718M
2023 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
Investment in manufacturing capex (GFCF, NACE C)
€1,006M
2023 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Compensation of employees (total wage bill)
€21,296M
2024 · EU pctl 33 · NUTS-2 src
GVA — real estate activities (L)
€205M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — information & communication (J)
€44M
2023 · EU pctl 28
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€321M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€808M
2023 · EU pctl 23
Real GDP (constant 2020 prices, incl. short-term forecast)
€2,301M
2025 · EU pctl 13
Labour productivity per person employed (EUR)
€30,102
2025 · EU pctl 3
Gross fixed capital formation, NUTS-3 (ARDECO)
€721M
2025 · EU pctl 16
Labour market
Employment, total persons
104,030
2023 · EU pctl 45
Self-employed persons
17,850
2023 · EU pctl 54
Employment in manufacturing (C)
13,800
2023 · EU pctl 41
Activity rate, 15–64 (NUTS-2 source)
77.6%
2025 · EU pctl 49 · NUTS-2 src
Youth unemployment rate (15–24)
14.8%
2025 · EU pctl 52 · NUTS-2 src
Unemployment rate 15-74, NUTS-3 native (ARDECO)
6.9%
2025 · EU pctl 75
Labour force aged 15+ (ARDECO)
122,700
2025 · EU pctl 50
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
10,893
2023 · EU pctl 42
Enterprise births
1,411
2023 · EU pctl 53
Enterprise deaths
777
2023 · EU pctl 42
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.1%
2023 · EU pctl 67
Innovation & R&D
R&D expenditure as % of GDP
0.9%
2024 · EU pctl 22 · NUTS-2 src
Employment in high-tech sectors (% of total)
5.3%
2025 · EU pctl 70 · NUTS-2 src
R&D personnel (% of active population, FTE)
0.8%
2024 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Education
Tertiary education attainment, age 25–64
40.7%
2025 · EU pctl 73 · NUTS-2 src
Tertiary attainment, age 25–34 (young talent pool)
44.7%
2025 · EU pctl 66 · NUTS-2 src
Adult participation in learning, age 25–64 (last 4 weeks)
11.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59 · NUTS-2 src
Knowledge workers — tertiary-educated & in science/tech (% of labour force)
24.8%
2025 · EU pctl 57 · NUTS-2 src
Scientists & engineers (% of labour force)
8.0%
2025 · EU pctl 45 · NUTS-2 src
Digital
Households with internet access
94.1%
2025 · EU pctl 31 · NUTS-2 src
Tourism
Nights spent at tourist accommodation (total)
203,474
2024 · EU pctl 12
Mobility
Passenger cars per 1,000 inhabitants
424 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 6 · 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.
2,696
CURRENT · EU pctl 87
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
7,315 kt
2025 · EU pctl 50
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,126
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
212
CURRENT · EU pctl 99
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)
150,542
2025 · EU pctl 48
Population aged 65+
58,456
2025 · EU pctl 49
Population aged under 15
30,364
2025 · EU pctl 45
Median age of population
48.9 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 75
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
38.8%
2025 · EU pctl 62
Crude rate of total population change
-16.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 0
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-5.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude birth rate
5.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Crude death rate
17.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 97
Live births
1,427
2024 · EU pctl 39
Deaths
4,161
2024 · EU pctl 67
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.0%
2025 · EU pctl 48
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.25
2024 · EU pctl 27
Population density (persons per km²)
17 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
Projected population, 2030–2040 (EUROPOP2019 baseline)
101,556
2100 · EU pctl 19
Health
Mortality, all causes (age-standardised rate)
1,728 /100k
2021 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Cancer mortality (age-standardised rate)
278 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 92 · NUTS-2 src
Safety & crime
Intentional homicides per 100k inhabitants
5.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 99
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
10.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 27
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
181 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 43
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
643 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 40
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Governance & institutions
Government effectiveness, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.73
2022 · EU pctl 30
Regulatory quality, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.96
2022 · EU pctl 38
Rule of law, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
1.01
2022 · EU pctl 37
Control of corruption, WGI score -2.5..2.5 (country)
0.82
2022 · EU pctl 39
Political stability & absence of violence, WGI score (country)
0.78
2022 · EU pctl 88
Energy
Industrial electricity price, 2-20 GWh band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.114/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 27
Industrial gas price, 10-100k GJ band, excl. taxes (national)
€0.050/kWh
2025-S2 · EU pctl 38
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
159 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 42
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 10
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
128 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 24
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
19
2024 · EU pctl 79
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
15
2024 · EU pctl 68
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
50
2024 · EU pctl 30
Industrial facilities per 100k inhabitants (E-PRTR)
9.0 /100k
2023 · EU pctl 15
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
3.9%
2021 · EU pctl 59
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