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Business environment in Mažeikiai district

Residents

in 2022 at the end of Mažeikiai district. The municipality had 51,830 permanent residents. Of them, 36,298 lived in the city, 15,532 in the rural area. Compared to 2021 the population increased by 218 (51612).

in 2022 at the end of Mažeikiai district. 3204 unemployed people are registered in the municipality. The ratio of the registered unemployed to the population of working age was 9.7 percent. in 2021 - 13.9 percent

Business entities

According to the Lithuanian Statistics Department, Mažeikiai district. in 2022 operating economic entities - 1668 units. Compared to 2021 (1571 units), the number of operating entities increased by 5.8 percentage points. Presented in Table 1.

Registered and operating business entities in Mažeikiai district

Table 1

Year

Region

Number of operating economic entities at the end of the year

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

 

Mažeikiai r. in the municipality

 

1516

 

1531

 

1550

 

1557

 

1542

 

1571

 

1668

 

Telšiai county

 

3320

 

3610

 

2927

 

3720

 

 

4681

 

3818

 

4041

Percentage of Mažeikiai r. share of entities, in Telšiai county, %

45.7

42.4

53.0

41.9

33.3

33.7

41.3

in 2022 Mazeikiai district in the municipality, 1,514 employees worked in SME businesses with 0-4 employees, the largest share of employees - 2,429 - worked in companies with 250 to 499 jobs

Individual activity according to the certificate and after purchasing business certificates

Activities based on an individual activity certificate or a business certificate are popular among the residents of Mažeiki. According to the data of the State Tax Inspectorate of Klaipėda County, in 2022, 3306 individuals in the Mažeikiai district carried out individual activities according to the certificate. residents of the municipality. of individuals, 2022 there were 944 who purchased a business license.

Wage

In 2022, the average gross monthly salary in Mažeikiai district was 1679.50 EUR. Compared to 2021, the average monthly salary increased by 3.14 percent (1626.70 EUR).

Foreign investments

Information from the Department of Statistics under the Government of the Republic of Lithuania that foreign direct investments per inhabitant in the Mažeikiai district. in the municipality in 2021 was EUR 11,254.00 in Telšiai county, direct foreign investment per inhabitant was EUR 4,749.00.

Foreign direct investment per capita at the end of the year

Table 2

Direct foreign investments per capita, euros

 

2017

2018.

2019

2020

2021.

Mažeikiai r. municipality

7540

9754

4821

9640

11254

Telšiai county

2642

4015

3875

4104

4749