Lithuania

Country in Europe

In brief

Access to electricity: 100% (2024). World rank 1 of 214 (1 = best); in Europe, 1 of 47. Electricity from fossil fuels: 16.4% (2025). World rank 35 of 209 (1 = best); in Europe, 12 of 44. Air passengers per year: 29.3K (2022). World rank 153 of 163; in Europe, 33 of 38. From 2015 to 2025: electricity use 3,898 → 4,397 (kWh per person) and electricity from fossil fuels 45.7% → 16.4%. Better than all its neighbours (Belarus, Latvia, Poland, and Russia): electricity from renewables, researchers per million people, and electricity from fossil fuels.

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
Mains voltage: 220 V
Plug types: C, F

Transport

Driving side: Right
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