NUTS-3 LV00B · Latvia
Kurzeme
Kurzeme generates €4.0bn of GDP across 274.8k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 29.2/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +6.2%/yr over five years and accelerating, with the employment rate up 1.2pp. On quality of life it ranks strongest for digital connectivity (59.5th EU percentile) and weakest for health (6th).
Mandate pillar profile · EU percentiles (screener dimensions)
Freight intensity87
Cost advantage84
Energy cost73
Industrial base61
Talent & skills57
Growth momentum52
Air quality50
Labour market46
Connectivity38
Quality of life35
Resilience32
Digital readiness31
Economic base6
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)
29.2
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth52.2
Livability35.4
Market access5
Economic scale24
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 stability9
Labour stability10
Diversification92
Demographic stability17
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)
37.7
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density88
Airport access20
Market access5
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)
49.7
/ 100 · higher = cleaner air than more EU regions · 3/3 pollutants
PM2.58.9 µg/m³
PM1017.8 µg/m³
NO28.1 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)
35.4
/ 100 · EU-relative · 7/7 pillars
Economy11
Jobs35.5
Education47.5
Health6
Safety37.7
Connectivity59.5
Environment50.7
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
52.2
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 5/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+6.2%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+5.3%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.9 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.9 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 · 24.5%Diversified · HHI 1939
Agriculture 12%Industry 24.5%Construction 5.9%Trade · transport · ICT 21.5%Finance · real estate · prof. 13.3%Public · health · education 22.8%
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)
€4,026M2023
8.4% 1y 6.2% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 24
Population
274,7982025
1.2% 1y 0.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Employment
128,9502023
5.2% 1y 0.3% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 54
Gross value added
€3,540M2023
9.1% 1y 6.6% 5y CAGR
EU percentile 23
All indicators · 75 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,540M
2023 · EU pctl 23
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€426M
2023 · EU pctl 84
GVA — industry (B–E)
€869M
2023 · EU pctl 27
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€701M
2023 · EU pctl 30
GVA — construction (F)
€207M
2023 · EU pctl 21
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€761M
2023 · EU pctl 27
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)
18,400 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 6
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€14,500
2023 · EU pctl 9
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)
€285M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — information & communication (J)
€61M
2023 · EU pctl 33
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€471M
2023 · EU pctl 13
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€806M
2023 · EU pctl 23
Labour market
Employment, total persons
128,950
2023 · EU pctl 54
Self-employed persons
17,050
2023 · EU pctl 53
Employment in manufacturing (C)
22,540
2023 · EU pctl 61
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)
17,143
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise births
2,273
2023 · EU pctl 67
Enterprise deaths
1,215
2023 · EU pctl 55
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)
672,267
2024 · EU pctl 40
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.
2,363
CURRENT · EU pctl 85
Road freight loaded (annual, thousand tonnes)
14,001 kt
2025 · EU pctl 76
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
860
CURRENT · EU pctl 88
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
89
CURRENT · EU pctl 80
Number of major (large) airports within 100 km of the region centroid - air-hub catchment richness.
2
CURRENT · EU pctl 50
Demography
Population aged 15–64 (working age)
171,368
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
62,014
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged under 15
41,416
2025 · EU pctl 58
Median age of population
45.0 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 38
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
36.2%
2025 · EU pctl 47
Crude rate of total population change
-12.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 1
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-3.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 2
Crude birth rate
7.0 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 34
Crude death rate
15.2 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 90
Live births
1,935
2024 · EU pctl 52
Deaths
4,189
2024 · EU pctl 67
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
60.4%
2025 · EU pctl 59
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.32
2024 · EU pctl 37
Population density (persons per km²)
18 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 3
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
1.4 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 82
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
6.1 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 13
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
85.9 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 15
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
440 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 28
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)
95 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 26
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
2 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 15
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 5
Environment
PM10 (coarse particulate matter) annual mean concentration — mean across EEA air-quality monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
18
2024 · EU pctl 72
NO2 (nitrogen dioxide) annual mean concentration — a traffic / combustion pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data). Lower is better.
8
2024 · EU pctl 20
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
63
2024 · EU pctl 85
Population in the 100-year river floodplain (% of residents, EFAS × census grid)
5.5%
2021 · EU pctl 70
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