NUTS-3 LV00C · Latvia
Vidzeme
Export region data (CSV)Vidzeme generates €3.5bn of GDP across 274k residents. Its Opportunity Index of 30.8/100 sits in the lower tier of EU regions, led by economic growth and livability. Its economy has grown +7.1%/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)
30.8
/ 100 · blends growth, livability, market access & scale · 4/4 pillars
Growth65.5
Livability32.8
Market access5
Economic scale20
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)
40.3
/ 100 · higher = more resilient to downturns · 3/4 pillars
GDP stability17
Labour stability10
Diversification94
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)
35
/ 100 · higher = better-connected · 3/3 facets
Transit density95
Airport access5
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.
Quality of Life · composite (experimental)
32.8
/ 100 · EU-relative · 6/7 pillars
Economy9.5
Jobs35.5
Education47.5
Health6
Safety35.3
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
65.5
/ 100 momentum · EU-relative · 4/5 signals
GDP growth · 5-yr
+7.1%
CAGR, nominal
GDP growth · 10-yr
+6.4%
CAGR, nominal
Acceleration
+0.7 pp
5-yr vs 10-yr
vs country avg
-0.0 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: Public · health · education · 24.7%Diversified · HHI 1908
Agriculture 12%Industry 23.3%Construction 6.5%Trade · transport · ICT 18.7%Finance · real estate · prof. 14.8%Public · health · education 24.7%
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 · 66 more metrics (Eurostat, all-EU)
Economy
Gross value added, total (current prices)
€3,114M
2023 · EU pctl 19
GVA — agriculture, forestry & fishing (A)
€374M
2023 · EU pctl 80
GVA — industry (B–E)
€725M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — manufacturing (C)
€506M
2023 · EU pctl 22
GVA — construction (F)
€202M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — wholesale/retail, transport, ICT (G–J)
€582M
2023 · EU pctl 20
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)
16,200 PPS
2023 · EU pctl 3
GDP per capita (current prices, EUR)
€12,800
2023 · EU pctl 5
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)
€305M
2023 · EU pctl 20
GVA — information & communication (J)
€37M
2023 · EU pctl 24
GVA — finance, real estate & professional (K–N)
€462M
2023 · EU pctl 12
GVA — public admin, health & education (O–U)
€770M
2023 · EU pctl 20
Labour market
Employment, total persons
106,320
2023 · EU pctl 46
Self-employed persons
15,180
2023 · EU pctl 49
Employment in manufacturing (C)
18,010
2023 · EU pctl 51
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)
17,069
2023 · EU pctl 56
Enterprise births
2,167
2023 · EU pctl 65
Enterprise deaths
1,016
2023 · EU pctl 51
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)
401,197
2024 · EU pctl 26
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.
3,158
CURRENT · EU pctl 90
Public-transport stops per 100,000 inhabitants — transit service density relative to population (GTFS feeds, coordinate-deduplicated).
1,153
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
Distance from the region centroid to the nearest major (large) airport, in km - air-connectivity accessibility. Lower is better.
146
CURRENT · EU pctl 95
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)
171,332
2025 · EU pctl 54
Population aged 65+
61,149
2025 · EU pctl 52
Population aged under 15
41,538
2025 · EU pctl 58
Median age of population
45.2 yrs
2025 · EU pctl 39
Old-age dependency ratio (65+ / 15–64)
35.7%
2025 · EU pctl 43
Crude rate of total population change
-10.7 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude rate of net migration plus adjustment
-2.9 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 3
Crude birth rate
7.1 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 35
Crude death rate
14.8 /1k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Live births
1,951
2024 · EU pctl 52
Deaths
4,081
2024 · EU pctl 65
Total age-dependency ratio (young+old / 15-64)
59.9%
2025 · EU pctl 55
Total fertility rate (births per woman)
1.37
2024 · EU pctl 45
Population density (persons per km²)
14 /km²
2024 · EU pctl 2
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
1.8 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 88
Robberies per 100k inhabitants
3.3 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 4
Burglaries per 100k inhabitants
89.2 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 16
Thefts per 100k inhabitants
460 /100k
2024 · EU pctl 29
Road traffic deaths per million inhabitants
60 /M pop
2024 · EU pctl 77 · NUTS-2 src
Climate
Elevation at region centroid (Copernicus DEM)
119 m
CURRENT · EU pctl 34
Hot days ≥30°C (avg per year)
1 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 11
Frost days ≤0°C (avg per year)
127 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 93
Heavy-precipitation days ≥20mm (avg per year)
3 days/yr
CLIM_2014_2023 · EU pctl 43
Environment
O3 (ground-level ozone) annual mean concentration — a summer-smog pollutant; mean across EEA monitoring stations within the region (verified E1a data).
57
2024 · EU pctl 67
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