Lithuania
Country in Europe
CountryScope
In brief
Population: 2.9M (2025). World rank 139 of 216; in Europe, 29 of 48. Area: 65,300 km². World rank 125 of 249; in Europe, 23 of 52. GDP per person: $32,959 (2025). World rank 51 of 210 (1 = best); in Europe, 28 of 47. From 2015 to 2025: GDP $41.5B → $95.2B and GDP per person $14,270 → $32,959. Better than all its neighbours (Belarus, Latvia, Poland, and Russia): GDP per person.
State
- Official name
- Republic of Lithuania
- Local name
- Lietuva
- Capital
- Vilnius
- Region
- Europe
- Form of government
- Semi-presidential republic
- UN member
- Yes
- Head of state
- Gitanas Nausėda
- Head of government
- Mindaugas Sinkevičius
- Independence
- February 16, 1918
- Women in parliament
- 28.4% 2025
Key figures
- Population
- 2,888,774 2025
- Area
- 65,300 km²
- GDP
- $95.2B 2025
- GDP per person
- $32,959 2025
- Life expectancy
- 77.2 years 2024
Practical information
- Languages
- Lithuanian
- Currency
- Euro (EUR)
- Time zones
- UTC+3
- Calling code
- +370
- Emergency numbers
- 02, 112
- Driving side
- Right
- Plug types
- C, F
- Mains voltage
- 220 V
Territory
- Sea access
- Has a coastline
- Coastline, km
- 90
- Neighbours
- Belarus, Latvia, Poland, Russia
- Agricultural land
- 45.6% 2024
Elevation
- Highest point
- Aukštojas Hill, 294 m
- Lowest point
- Baltic Sea, 0 m
- Mean elevation, m
- 110
Climate
- Average temperature in the capital, °C
- 6
- Warmest month in the capital
- July, 19°C
- Coldest month in the capital
- January, -7°C
- Precipitation, mm per year
- 656 2022
Population and migration
- Population density
- 44.2 per km² 2025
- Population growth per year
- 0% 2025
- Living in cities
- 69.1% 2025
- Net migration per year
- -24.6K 2025
- Born in another country
- 6.1% 2024
Age and life expectancy
- Aged 0–14
- 14.5% 2025
- Aged 15–64
- 64.8% 2025
- Aged 65 and over
- 20.7% 2025
- Life expectancy, women
- 81.6 years 2024
- Life expectancy, men
- 73 years 2024
Births and deaths
- Children per woman
- 1.1 2024
- Births per 1,000 people
- 6.6 2024
- Deaths per 1,000 people
- 13 2024
Society
- Religions
- Catholic 74.2%, no religion 6.1%, Orthodox 3.7%, and other 1.5% (2021)
Quality of governance (100 = best)
- Rule of law, score 0–100
- 81.2 2025
- Control of corruption, score 0–100
- 68.6 2025
- Government effectiveness, score 0–100
- 77.8 2025
- Regulatory quality, score 0–100
- 77.4 2025
- Voice and accountability, score 0–100
- 79.3 2025
Size and growth
- GDP per person at purchasing power parity
- $56,838 2025
- GDP growth per year
- +2.9% 2025
Income and prices
- Income level (World Bank)
- High income
- Gross national income per person
- $30,500 2025
- Inflation
- +3.8% 2025
- Price level, USA = 100
- 58 2025
Structure and jobs
- Agriculture, share of GDP
- 2.3% 2025
- Industry, share of GDP
- 22.1% 2025
- Services, share of GDP
- 64.8% 2025
- Unemployment
- 6.7% 2025
- Youth unemployment, ages 15–24
- 13.8% 2025
- Women in work or seeking work
- 57.7% 2025
Trade and finance
- Exports, share of GDP
- 73% 2025
- Imports, share of GDP
- 69.1% 2025
- Current account balance, share of GDP
- +0.9% 2025
- Foreign direct investment, share of GDP
- +3.2% 2025
- Remittances received, share of GDP
- 1.4% 2025
- Tax revenue, share of GDP
- 21.9% 2024
Poverty and inequality
- Gini index (0 = full equality)
- 36 2023
- Living on under $3 a day
- 1.1% 2023
Education
- Adult literacy
- 99.8% 2011
- Primary school enrolment
- 101% 2024
- Secondary school enrolment
- 105% 2024
- Higher education enrolment
- 75.6% 2024
- Public spending on education, share of GDP
- 4.3% 2022
Healthcare
- Health spending, share of GDP
- 7.6% 2024
- Health spending per person
- $2,232 2024
- Out-of-pocket health spending, share of total
- 31.4% 2024
- Doctors per 1,000 people
- 4.5 2022
- Nurses and midwives per 1,000 people
- 7.8 2022
- Hospital beds per 1,000 people
- 5.7 2022
- Children vaccinated against measles
- 86% 2024
Public health
- Infant deaths per 1,000 births
- 2.8 2024
- Deaths under age 5 per 1,000 births
- 3.4 2024
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 8 2023
- HIV prevalence, ages 15–49
- 0.2% 2024
- Diabetes prevalence, ages 20–79
- 7.5% 2024
- Overweight adults
- 58.7% 2022
- Adults who use tobacco
- 31.4% 2024
Living conditions
- Access to safe drinking water
- 99.9% 2024
- Access to basic sanitation
- 96.4% 2024
- Access to clean cooking fuels
- 99% 2024
Safety
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 2.6 2023
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 8.1 2019
- Suicides per 100,000 people
- 22.1 2021
- Political stability and absence of violence, score 0–100
- 82 2025
- Natural hazards
- floods and droughts
Air and emissions
- Air pollution PM2.5, µg/m³
- 10.8 2023
- CO₂ emissions, tonnes per person
- 4.5 2024
- All greenhouse gases, tonnes CO₂e per person
- 7.5 2024
Nature and water
- Forest cover
- 35.4% 2024
- Protected areas
- 18.4% 2025
- Renewable fresh water, m³ per person
- 5,460 2022
- Water stress, share of fresh water withdrawn
- 2.2% 2022
Internet and communications
- Using the internet
- 89.2% 2024
- Mobile subscriptions per 100 people
- 139 2024
- Home broadband per 100 people
- 27.9 2024
- Internet domain
- .lt
Energy
- Access to electricity
- 100% 2024
- Electricity use, kWh per person
- 4,397 2025
- Renewable share of energy use
- 33.2% 2021
- Electricity from renewables
- 65.6% 2021
- Electricity from fossil fuels
- 16.4% 2025
Transport
- Air passengers per year
- 29,256 2022
- Airports
- 64 2025
- Railways, km
- 1,911 2020
Science and innovation
- Research spending, share of GDP
- 1.1% 2023
- Researchers per million people
- 3,704 2023
- Scientific articles per year
- 2,673 2023
- Patent applications by residents
- 58 2024
- High-tech share of manufactured exports
- 17.3% 2024