NUTS-3 LV009 · Latvia
Zemgale
Export region data (CSV)Zemgale generates €3.1bn of GDP across 221.9k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 28.6/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.7%/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).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
28.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth56.2
Livability32.2
Market access11
Economic scale15
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)
32
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability11
Labour stability10
Diversification89
Demographic stability18
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)
50.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density95
Airport access45
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)
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
32.2
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy10
Jobs35.5
Education47.5
Health6
Safety31.3
Connectivity63
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
56.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.7%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.0%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+1.6 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
+0.6 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
-0.6%
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: Industry · 26.7%Diversified · HHI 1973
Agriculture 12.4%Industry 26.7%Construction 6%Trade · transport · ICT 19.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 12.1%Public · health · education 23.4%
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).
All indicators · 68 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€2,696M
2023 · EU pctl 15
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€334M
2023 · EU pctl 76
GVA — industry (B–E)
€719M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€502M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — construction (F)
€161M
2023 · EU pctl 14
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€527M
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)
17,300 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 4
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€13,600
2023 · EU pctl 7
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)
€203M
2023 · EU pctl 11
GVA — information & communication (J)
€25M
2023 · EU pctl 16
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€326M
2023 · EU pctl 7
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€630M
2023 · EU pctl 15
Labour market
Employment, total persons
91,010
2023 · EU pctl 41
Self-employed persons
12,680
2023 · EU pctl 42
Employment in manufacturing (C)
14,990
2023 · EU pctl 43
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
Business demography
Active enterprises (business economy, all sizes)
11,689
2023 · EU pctl 45
Enterprise births
1,573
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise deaths
792
2023 · EU pctl 43
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.0%
2023 · EU pctl 65
Innovation & R&D
EPO patent applications
0
2012 · EU pctl 3
EPO patent applications per million inhabitants
2 /M pop
2012 · EU pctl 5
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
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)
191,739
2024 · EU pctl 11
Tourism intensity (nights per 1,000 inhabitants)
852 /1k pop
2024 · EU pctl 33
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.
2,493
CURRENT · EU pctl 86
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,123
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
59
CURRENT · EU pctl 54
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)
139,736
2025 · EU pctl 46
Population aged 65+
47,918
2025 · EU pctl 40
Population aged under 15
34,277
2025 · EU pctl 50
Median age of population
44.4 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 31
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
34.3%
2025 · EU pctl 35
Crude rate of total population change
-11.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-4.4 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude birth rate
6.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 31
Crude death rate
14.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 83
Live births
1,551
2024 · EU pctl 43
Deaths
3,173
2024 · EU pctl 53
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
58.8%
2025 · EU pctl 46
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.34
2024 · EU pctl 40
Population density (persons per km²)
21 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 4
Social
Life expectancy at birth
76.4 yrs
2024 · EU pctl 4 · NUTS-2 src
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
2.7 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 96
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
8.0 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 18
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
129 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
514 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 33
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
29 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 10
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 19
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
108 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 90
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
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