NUTS-3 LV00A · Latvia
Rīga
Rīga generates €26bn of GDP across 850.5k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 48.2/100 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).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Cost advantage84
Energy cost73
Economic base69
Growth momentum59
Talent & skills57
Labour market46
Connectivity43
Freight intensity38
Quality of life32
Digital readiness31
Air quality25
Resilience20
Industrial base18
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)
48.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth59
Livability31.8
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)
19.5
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 4/4 pillars
GDP stability10
Labour stability10
Diversification23
Demographic stability35
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)
42.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density44
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)
31.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy42.5
Jobs35.5
Education47.5
Health6
Safety27.7
Connectivity37.5
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
59
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 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
-0.1%
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).
Trends · 2009–2023
GDP (current prices)
€26,049M2023
11.7% 1y 7.0% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 87
Population
850,4552025
0.6% 1y 0.1% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 92
Employment
491,8602023
1.8% 1y 0.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 93
Gross value added
€22,904M2023
12.5% 1y 7.4% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 86
All indicators · 75 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
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)
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.
2,899
CURRENT · EU pctl 89
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
20,438 kt
2025 · EU pctl 88
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
341
CURRENT · EU pctl 44
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 36
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
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
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)
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
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
15.9%
2021 · EU pctl 95
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