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🇱🇹 Lithuania in official data
How Lithuania is doing across 22 areas of society, from the economy to health, housing and education: the latest official figures from Eurostat, the OECD and national statistics offices, as shown on NationPulse.
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Where it stands in the EU
- Temporary employees: Lithuania has the lowest value in the EU (1.7 %, 2025).
- Public transport share of passenger travel: Lithuania has the lowest value in the EU (9.0 %, 2024).
- People making ends meet with great difficulty: Lithuania has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (2.0 %, 2025).
- Unable to keep the home adequately warm: Lithuania has the 2nd highest value in the EU (16.7 %, 2025).
- People reporting crime, violence or vandalism in their area: Lithuania has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (2.7 %, 2023).
- Rail share of passenger travel: Lithuania has the 2nd lowest value in the EU (1.1 %, 2024).
- Participation in early childhood education: Lithuania has the 3rd highest value in the EU (97.9 %, 2024).
- Deaths due to homicide: Lithuania has the 2nd highest value in the EU (1.67 /100k, 2023).
- Tertiary educational attainment, ages 25–34: Lithuania has the 3rd highest value in the EU (60.8 %, 2025).
- Disability employment gap: Lithuania has the 2nd highest value in the EU (42.8 pp, 2025).
- Households with internet access: Lithuania has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (89.4 %, 2025).
- Trust in other people: Lithuania has the 3rd lowest value in the EU (4.4 /10, 2025).
Brain: Education, research & innovation
Eyes: Information & Digital Access
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Households with internet access | 89.4 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| People with at least basic digital skills | 53.8 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| People reading news online | 78.9 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Ears: Civic Participation
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| People taking part in active citizenship | 5.7 % | 2022 | Eurostat |
Jaw: Justice & Institutions
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Perceived independence of the justice system | 60 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Neck: Government & Public Administration
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| People using online public services | 74.3 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Heart: Economy & Financial Stability
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Actual individual consumption per capita | 89 EU = 100 | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Real household disposable income per person | 144.1 2008=100 | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Real GDP per person | 20,690 € | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Government debt | 39.3 % GDP | 2025 | Eurostat |
Left lung: Healthcare
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 77.5 years | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Unmet need for medical care | 3.3 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Out-of-pocket spending on healthcare | 30.3 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Right lung: Environment & Climate
Stomach: Cost of Living
Liver: Poverty & Social Welfare
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| People making ends meet with great difficulty | 2.0 % | 2025 | Eurostat (EU-SILC) |
| At risk of poverty or social exclusion | 26.3 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Poverty reduction by social transfers | 27.3 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Left kidney: Housing
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Housing cost overburden rate | 5.7 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Overcrowding rate | 27.8 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Severe housing deprivation rate | 4.0 % | 2023 | Eurostat |
Right kidney: Essential Utilities
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Unable to keep the home adequately warm | 16.7 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Arrears on utility bills | 4.1 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Homes without a bath, shower or indoor toilet | 4.5 % | 2023 | Eurostat |
Left arm: Employment
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Unemployment rate | 6.90 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Employment rate, ages 20–64 | 80.0 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Right arm: Job Quality
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Temporary employees | 1.7 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Underemployed part-time workers | 1.0 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate | 8.7 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Usual weekly working hours, full-time employees | 40.0 h/week | 2025 | Eurostat |
Left hand: Youth Opportunities
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Youth unemployment rate | 14.1 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) | 12.4 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Right hand: Workplace Safety
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Fatal accidents at work | 2.24 /100k | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Non-fatal accidents at work | 234 /100k | 2024 | Eurostat |
Left leg: Roads & Transport
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Road traffic deaths | 4.3 /100k | 2024 | Eurostat |
Right leg: Public Transport & Mobility
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Public transport share of passenger travel | 9.0 % | 2024 | Eurostat |
| Rail share of passenger travel | 1.1 % | 2024 | Eurostat |
Left foot: Regional Accessibility
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Rural households covered by very high capacity broadband | 38.2 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Right foot: Digital Infrastructure
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| Households covered by very high capacity broadband | 79.0 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Households covered by 5G | 99.7 % | 2025 | Eurostat |
Skin and body outline: Public Safety & Social Inclusion
| Indicator | Latest value | Period | Source |
|---|
| People reporting crime, violence or vandalism in their area | 2.7 % | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Deaths due to homicide | 1.67 /100k | 2023 | Eurostat |
| Disability employment gap | 42.8 pp | 2025 | Eurostat |
| Trust in other people | 4.4 /10 | 2025 | Eurostat |
Researched context (not official statistics)
For conditions with no official series, published figures from other credible sources, checked against the linked pages:
- Educational inequality by social background: In PISA 2022, the maths gap between advantaged and disadvantaged students in Lithuania was similar to the OECD average (92 points against 93), but social background explained a slightly larger share of results (17% against 15%).
- Scientific research outcomes: Research in Lithuania is cited much less often than the EU average (21st in the EU), and less of it is co-written with foreign researchers (19th).
- Public voice: CIVICUS rates civic space in Lithuania as "open", the best of its five levels.
- Media freedom: Reporters Without Borders ranks Lithuania 15th of 180 countries for press freedom in 2026, down from 14th in 2025.
- Access to justice: The World Justice Project places Lithuania 18th of 143 countries for the rule of law, and 11th for civil justice.
- Court efficiency: Courts in Lithuania are among the quickest in the EU: an estimated 127 days to resolve civil and commercial disputes at first instance in 2024, against 120 in 2023.
- Public service effectiveness: The World Bank scores the effectiveness of Lithuania’s government at 77.8 out of 100 in 2025, up from 72.0 in 2023.
- Transport infrastructure: Business executives placed Lithuania’s roads 39th of 141 countries in 2019; the World Bank gives its trade and transport infrastructure 3.5 out of 5.
- Commuting: In 2019 a one-way commute in Lithuania took 23 minutes on average, shorter than the EU average of 25.
- Access to services: Most people in Lithuania can reach work or study without a car: 89.3% can get there within an hour by public transport, cycling or walking, among the highest shares in the EU.
Data retrieved 2026-10-21. Every value links to its official source.
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