Data as of Aug 2, 2026, 9:36 PM

SERIAL · 440Europe

Lithuania

CapitalVilnius

CurrencyEUR · euro

LanguageLithuanian

Since1990

ISOLTU · LT

Population

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— THE COUNTRY —

Country in Northern Europe

Lithuania, officially the Republic of Lithuania, is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea, bordered by Latvia to the north, Belarus to the east and south, Poland to the south, and the Russian semi-exclave of Kaliningrad Oblast to the southwest, with a maritime border with Sweden to the west. Lithuania covers an area of 65,300 km2 (25,200 sq mi), and has a population of 2.9 million. Its capital and largest city is Vilnius; other major cities include Kaunas, Klaipėda, Šiauliai and Panevėžys. Lithuanians are the titular nation, belong to the ethnolinguistic group of Balts, and speak Lithuanian.

Text: Wikipedia — LithuaniaCC BY-SA 4.0 · revised 2026-08-02

— FACTS —

Capital: Vilnius
Currency: euro (EUR)
Official language: Lithuanian
Drives on the: Right
Calling code: +370
Licence plate code: LT
Top-level domain: .lt
Independence / founding: 11 Mar 1990
Highest point: Aukštojas Hill (294 m)
Lowest point: Nemunas Delta
Anthem: Tautiška giesmė
Patron saint: Saint Casimir

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) · as of 2026-08-02

— LAND —

5 of 5 figures unavailable for Lithuania.

— PEOPLE —

16 of 16 figures unavailable for Lithuania.

— MONEY —

Foreign reserves

$7.06Bcurrent US$

#90 of 1772025

7% of world average

Income inequality (Gini)

360-100

#87 of 1472023

101% of world average

People below the poverty line

1.1%% of population

#65 of 1472023

9% of world average

Income share held by richest 10%

27.3%%

#80 of 1472023

98% of world average

Income share held by poorest 10%

2.2%%

#110 of 1472023

79% of world average

Money sent home by workers abroad

$1.37Bcurrent US$

#84 of 1862025

27% of world average

Exchange rate

1local currency per US$

#192 of 2112025

0% of world average

Agriculture's share of the economy

2.3%% of GDP

#144 of 1992025

23% of world average

Industry's share of the economy

22.1%% of GDP

#113 of 2022025

91% of world average

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Manufacturing's share of the economy

13.1%% of GDP

#62 of 1952025

120% of world average

Services' share of the economy

64.8%% of GDP

#56 of 2022025

112% of world average

28 of 39 figures unavailable for Lithuania.

— TRADE —

Exports

73.0%% of GDP

#23 of 1872025

169% of world average

Imports

69.1%% of GDP

#37 of 1872025

139% of world average

Trade balance

3.9%% of GDP

#48 of 1872025

no comparison

Total trade (openness)

95.2%% of GDP

#32 of 2052025

148% of world average

Goods exported

$41.63Bcurrent US$

#62 of 2072025

34% of world average

Goods imported

$49.01Bcurrent US$

#60 of 2072025

39% of world average

Services exported

$28.82Bcurrent US$

#46 of 1912025

59% of world average

Services imported

$17.48Bcurrent US$

#55 of 1912025

40% of world average

Goods and services exported

$69.54Bcurrent US$

#56 of 1912025

40% of world average

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Goods and services imported

$65.82Bcurrent US$

#59 of 1912025

39% of world average

High-tech share of exports

17.3%% of manufactured exports

#46 of 1792024

143% of world average

1 of 12 figures unavailable for Lithuania.

— HEALTH —

Physicians

4.5 /1,000per 1,000 people

#19 of 1872022

212% of world average

Nurses and midwives

7.8 /1,000per 1,000 people

#36 of 1962022

166% of world average

Hospital beds

5.7 /1,000per 1,000 people

#18 of 1572022

193% of world average

Access to clean drinking water

99.9%% of population

#52 of 2142024

110% of world average

Access to basic sanitation

96.4%% of population

#91 of 2132024

120% of world average

Suicide rate

22per 100,000 people

#178 of 1852021

259% of world average

Adults who smoke

31.4%% of adults

#143 of 1662024

159% of world average

HIV prevalence

0.2%% aged 15-49

#53 of 1532024

15% of world average

Tuberculosis cases

31per 100,000 people

#91 of 2082024

31% of world average

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Undernourishment

2.5%% of population

#35 of 1682023

25% of world average

Children vaccinated against measles

86.0%% of children 12-23 months

#123 of 1932024

100% of world average

8 of 19 figures unavailable for Lithuania.

— LEARNING —

Education spending

4.3%% of GDP

#92 of 1902022

98% of world average

Education spending

11.7%% of government spending

#118 of 1892022

87% of world average

Adult literacy

99.8%% aged 15+

not enough data to rank2011

119% of world average

Youth literacy

99.9%% aged 15-24

not enough data to rank2011

110% of world average

Primary school enrolment

100.5%% gross

#97 of 2002024

100% of world average

Secondary school enrolment

104.9%% gross

#42 of 1882024

120% of world average

University enrolment

75.6%% gross

#42 of 1672024

152% of world average

Primary school completion

100.1%% of relevant age group

#34 of 1802024

111% of world average

Pupils per teacher, primary school

14pupils per teacher

#44 of 1602017

61% of world average

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Years of compulsory education

11.0 yrsyears

#68 of 1972025

110% of world average

— WORK —

Unemployment

6.7%% of labour force

#121 of 1862025

97% of world average

Youth unemployment

13.8%% of labour force aged 15-24

#98 of 1862025

88% of world average

Labour force participation

62.9%% aged 15+

#84 of 1862025

104% of world average

Women in the labour force

57.7%% of women aged 15+

#61 of 1862025

113% of world average

Men in the labour force

69.0%% of men aged 15+

#104 of 1862025

99% of world average

Labour force

1.6Mpeople

#133 of 1862025

8% of world average

Working in agriculture

4.7%% of employment

#135 of 1862025

21% of world average

Working in industry

25.9%% of employment

#39 of 1862025

132% of world average

Working in services

69.4%% of employment

#61 of 1862025

119% of world average

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Self-employed

11.5%% of employment

#164 of 1862025

30% of world average

Labour force with advanced education

81.4%% of labour force

#47 of 1712024

107% of world average

Employed

58.7%% aged 15+

#85 of 1862025

104% of world average

— CONNECTED —

People online

89.2%% of population

#69 of 2072024

125% of world average

Mobile phone subscriptions

139per 100 people

#45 of 2102024

120% of world average

Fixed broadband subscriptions

28per 100 people

#68 of 2082024

153% of world average

Fixed telephone lines

7per 100 people

#124 of 2132024

47% of world average

Access to electricity

100.0%% of population

#61 of 2142024

113% of world average

Access to clean cooking fuel

100.0%% of population

#31 of 1892023

144% of world average

Electricity used per person

4,387kWh per person

#51 of 1492024

104% of world average

Energy used per person

2,603kg oil equivalent per person

#42 of 1492024

115% of world average

Air passengers carried

29,256passengers

#154 of 1652022

0% of world average

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Air freight

2million tonne-km

#112 of 1632023

0% of world average

Rail network

1,919route-km

#53 of 842021

18% of world average

Rail passengers

329million passenger-km

#58 of 782021

1% of world average

Container port traffic

1.1MTEU

#67 of 1672024

20% of world average

Research and development spending

1.0%% of GDP

#39 of 1272023

108% of world average

Patent applications by residents

81count

#74 of 1422021

1% of world average

Scientific journal articles published

2,673count

#68 of 1972023

16% of world average

Tourists arriving

2.3Mcount

#60 of 1942020

45% of world average

1 of 18 figures unavailable for Lithuania.

— NATURE —

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— STATE —

7 of 7 figures unavailable for Lithuania.

— TRADE PARTNERS —

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— TRADE —

No trade data available for Lithuania.

— EXTRAS —

Anthem

Tautiška giesmėAudio: Wikimedia Commons

Capital time

--:--:--Vilnius · approx. UTC+2

Neighbours

Landmarks

Struve Geodetic ArcImage: Wikimedia Commons

Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939Image: Wikimedia Commons

Cultural Reserve of KernavėImage: Wikimedia Commons

People

Emma GoldmanRussian-born American anarchist (1869–1940)

Czesław MiłoszPolish-American poet and Nobel laureate (1911–2004)

Dalia GrybauskaitėPresident of Lithuania fom 2009 to 2019 (born 1956)

Ingrida ŠimonytėPrime Minister of the Republic of Lithuania

Gitanas NausėdaPresident of Lithuania since 2019

Valdas AdamkusLithuanian politician, twice President of Lithuania (born 1926)

Maya PlisetskayaRussian ballet dancer (1925-2015)

Marija GimbutasLithuanian-American archaeologist

Emmanuel LevinasJewish-French-Lithuanian philosopher (1906-1995)

Algirdas BrazauskasLithuanian politician (1932–2010)

Antanas Smetonafirst President of Lithuania from 4 April 1919 until 19 June 1920 (1874-1944)

Arvydas SabonisLithuanian basketball player and executive

History

11 Mar 1990Lithuania — founding / independence (Wikidata)

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1960 → now

2026

Population2.9M2025

GDP$95.21B2025

GDP per person$32,9592025