Classification of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS)

Commission delegated regulation (EU) 2023/674 of 26 December 2022 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS).

In the NUTS classification, each EU country is subdivided into territorial units of NUTS levels 1–3 taking into account population in the relevant territorial unit:

Level

Smallest number of residents in the territorial unit

Largest number of residents in the territorial unit

NUTS 1

3 million

7 million

NUTS 2

800 thousand

3 million

NUTS 3

150 thousand

800 thousand


More information about the NUTS classification is available on the Eurostat website.

The NUTS classification is applied in Lithuania.


Document updated: 2024-01-09