NUTS-3 LV00A · Latvia
Rīga
Export region data (CSV)Rīga generates €26bn of GDP across 850.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 49.6/100 is mid-table of EU regions, led by economic scale and economic growth. Its economy has grown +7.0%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for education (47.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (6th).
Opportunity Index · composite triage (experimental)
49.6
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth64.8
Livability31.7
Market access15
Economic scale87
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)
14.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 3/4 pillars
GDP stability10
Labour stability10
Diversification23
Demographic stability—
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)
42.3
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density43
Airport access69
Market access15
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
PM2.58.9 µg/m³
PM1018.8 µg/m³
NO221.9 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)
31.7
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs35.5
Education47.5
Health6
Safety27.7
Connectivity37
Environment25.7
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
64.8
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 4/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.0%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.1 pp
inflation-adj.
Population · 5-yr
—
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: Trade · transport · ICT · 35.4%Diversified · HHI 2452
Agriculture 1.2%Industry 12.9%Construction 6.3%Trade · transport · ICT 35.4%Finance · real estate · prof. 24.8%Public · health · education 19.5%
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)
€22,904M
2023 · EU pctl 86
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€272M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — industry (B–E)
€2,957M
2023 · EU pctl 71
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€2,161M
2023 · EU pctl 70
GVA — construction (F)
€1,437M
2023 · EU pctl 88
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€8,106M
2023 · EU pctl 92
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)
38,700 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 69
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€30,400
2023 · EU pctl 38
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)
€1,983M
2023 · EU pctl 75
GVA — information & communication (J)
€2,199M
2023 · EU pctl 89
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€5,670M
2023 · EU pctl 85
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€4,463M
2023 · EU pctl 84
Labour market
Employment, total persons
491,860
2023 · EU pctl 93
Self-employed persons
45,450
2023 · EU pctl 84
Employment in manufacturing (C)
46,690
2023 · EU pctl 86
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)
89,462
2023 · EU pctl 94
Enterprise births
11,423
2023 · EU pctl 95
Enterprise deaths
5,306
2023 · EU pctl 89
3-year enterprise survival rate
5.2%
2023 · EU pctl 69
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
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)
3,223,536
2024 · EU pctl 79
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.
2,918
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
343
CURRENT · EU pctl 43
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
37
CURRENT · EU pctl 31
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)
539,882
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged 65+
177,290
2025 · EU pctl 92
Population aged under 15
133,283
2025 · EU pctl 93
Median age of population
43.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 18
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
32.8%
2025 · EU pctl 26
Crude rate of total population change
-6.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-0.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 14
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude death rate
13.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 71
Live births
6,023
2024 · EU pctl 90
Deaths
11,057
2024 · EU pctl 95
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
57.5%
2025 · EU pctl 38
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.13
2024 · EU pctl 12
Population density (persons per km²)
265 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 72
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
1.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 89
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
23.5 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 54
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
130 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
807 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 51
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
44 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 14
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 18
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 11
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 76
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
22
2024 · EU pctl 91
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
47
2024 · EU pctl 15
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