Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas
Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas is statistical area of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics, level NUTS 2. It includes all counties of Lithuania except Vilnius County.
Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | |
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NUTS2 Region | |
 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas in blue | |
| Country |  Lithuania |
| Area | |
| • Total | 55,570 km2 (21,460 sq mi) |
| Population (2023)[1] | |
| • Total | 2,008,656 |
| • Density | 36/km2 (94/sq mi) |
Region covers land area of 55,569 km2 and has population of approximately 2.0 million people.
In 2016, the Seimas announced the creation of new NUTS-2 regions for Lithuania: "Sostinės regionas" or "capital region" and "Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas" or "Middle and Western Lithuania".[2] New regions were approved by European parliament on 21 November 2016.
Economy
The Gross domestic product (GDP) of the region was 31.9 billion € in 2021, accounting for 57% of Lithuanian economic output. GDP per capita was around €16,000 .[3]
References
- "Resident population at the beginning of the year".
- "Dėl Sostinės bei Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionų statistinių rodiklių skelbimo ir perdavimo Europos Komisijai (Eurostatui) - Naujienos - Lietuvos statistikos departamentas - Oficialiosios statistikos portalas". www.stat.gov.lt (in Lithuanian).
- "EU regions by GDP, Eurostat".
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