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With one of the fastest growing economy and productivity rates in the EU, the country has all the right figures to make the bottom line work for any manufacturing business.

• GDP: 2014 3.4% / 2015 2.1% / 2016 2.4% / 2017 4.4% / 2018 3.7% / 2019 3.9% /2020 0.9% / 2021 2,2%
• Member of European Union and NATO, part of Eurozone and Schengen area.
• Global rankings:
• Highest ranked employee motivation level in CEE countries
• 11th for ease of Doing Business
• 16th for Economic Freedom
• 39st at Global Competitiveness Index
• 50.4% or 2nd highest in the EU share of youth [25-29yrs] with tertiary education
• 84% proficiency in English
• 4th in the EU for Bachelors graduates in science, maths, computing, engineering, manufacturing and construction
• Average salary: 1307 Eur
• Labour force productivity: Estonia 84,8 / Lithuania 83,4 / Poland 82,8 / Latvia 73,3
• Taxes: 0% income tax for 10yrs and 7.5% for next 6yrs and 0% real estate tax in Free Economic Zones.

Over 47% of people in the region are younger than 40yrs old and more than 20% of the working population have skills in manufacturing, logistics and construction. And that’s only part of the story, see below for more information on why Klaipeda works so well for manufacturing.

• Population, 2021: 391958
• Klaipeda city – 2nd youngest city in Lithuania with 47% of population is less than 40yrs old
• Working population, 2021: 168500
• 17,3% employees in manufacturing
• Structure of skills & qualifications 2019: Manufacturing 22,56% / Education 12,09% / Transport & storage 14,29% / Wholesale, trade and repair of motor vehicles 9,47% / Health & social care 10,36% / Construction 8,5%
• Secondary and tertiary educational institutions: 8
• Number of students in 2021: 10808
• Non mother-tongue languages spoken: 97% Russian, 56% English, 21% German
• Unemployment rate: 9,2%
• Average wages: 1350,5 Eur

More details on Kalipeda’s region can be found www.klaipedaid.lt or talk to us.

We are the first, most successful FEZ in the Baltics tax-free zone in Lithuania. In 2017 we were recognized by The Financial Times for having the world ‘s fastest on-site operation launch for our clients. See our numbers where we are today.

• Start of operations: 2002
• Total area: 412 ha. Full masterplan can be found here
• Business community: 100+ companies
• Clients: 45 / List of major companies can be found here
• No. of countries represented:18
• Jobs created:5900+
• Total investments since start of operations: 726M Eur.
• State investment: 6,4M Eur.
• Revenue generated by Klaipeda FEZ companies in 2020: over 0,9bn Eur.
• Export in 2020: over 478M Eur.
• Contribution to National GDP: 2,5-5%
• Awards and achievements:
  – Bespoke Award for Sustainability 2020 / fDi Magazine Global Free Economic Zone of the Year Awards 2020
  – 1st place for Quick Launch Award 2017 / fDi Magazine Global Free Zones of the Year 2017
  – Commended for local cooperation at Global Free Economic Zone of the Year 2015
  – 5th place for Best Facilities and 19th in overall ranking at the Global Free Economic Zones of the Year 2010 by fDi Magazine