Litauen - Daten & Fakten

Daten & Fakten
Flagge: Litauen Litauen
Capital
name: Vilnius

geographic coordinates: 54 41 N, 25 19 E

time difference: UTC+2 (7 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

daylight saving time: +1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October

etymology: named after the Vilnia River, which flows into the Neris River at Vilnius; the river name derives from the Lithuanian word "vilnis" meaning "a surge"
Citizenship
citizenship by birth: no

citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Lithuania

dual citizenship recognized: no

residency requirement for naturalization: 10 years
Legal system
civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the Constitutional Court
Suffrage
18 years of age; universal
Area
total: 65,300 sq km

land: 62,680 sq km

water: 2,620 sq km
Land use
agricultural land: 44.8% (2018 est.)

arable land: 34.9% (2018 est.)

permanent crops: 0.5% (2018 est.)

permanent pasture: 9.4% (2018 est.)

forest: 34.6% (2018 est.)

other: 20.6% (2018 est.)
Location
Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia, west of Belarus
Age structure
0-14 years: 15.3% (male 208,669/female 197,728)

15-64 years: 63.11% (male 821,319/female 854,763)

65 years and over: 21.59% (2023 est.) (male 197,217/female 376,059)
Birth rate
9.09 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Death rate
15.17 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Languages
Lithuanian (official) 85.3%, Russian 6.8%, Polish 5.1%, other 1.1%, two mother tongues 1.7% (2021 est.)

major-language sample(s):
Pasaulio enciklopedija – naudingas bendrosios informacijos šaltinis. (Lithuanian)

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Life expectancy at birth
total population: 75.95 years

male: 70.62 years

female: 81.59 years (2023 est.)
Major urban areas - population
541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2023)
Median age
total: 44.5 years

male: 40.2 years

female: 48.2 years (2020 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth
28.2 years (2020 est.)
Net migration rate
-4.34 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
Population distribution
fairly even population distribution throughout the country, but somewhat greater concentrations in the southern cities of Vilnius and Kaunas, and the western port of Klaipeda
Population growth rate
-1.04% (2023 est.)
Total fertility rate
1.61 children born/woman (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population: 68.7% of total population (2023)

rate of urbanization: -0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Education expenditures
4% of GDP (2019 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)
total: 16 years

male: 16 years

female: 17 years (2020)
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)
0.5% (of GDP) (2017 est.)
Industrial production growth rate
8.58% (2021 est.)
Labor force
1.476 million (2021 est.)
Population below poverty line
20.6% (2018 est.)
Unemployment rate
7.9% (2021 est.)

8.49% (2020 est.)

6.26% (2019 est.)
Public debt
53.28% of GDP (2020 est.)

42.66% of GDP (2019 est.)

39% of GDP (2018 est.)

note: official data; data cover general government debt and include debt instruments issued (or owned) by government entities other than the treasury; the data include treasury debt held by foreign entities, debt issued by subnational entities, as well as intragovernmental debt; intragovernmental debt consists of treasury borrowings from surpluses in the social funds, such as for retirement, medical care, and unemployment; debt instruments for the social funds are sold at public auctions
Inflation rate (consumer prices)
4.68% (2021 est.)

1.2% (2020 est.)

2.33% (2019 est.)
Exports
$53.397 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$41.721 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$42.323 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Exports - partners
Russia 10%, Latvia 9%, Germany 8%, Poland 7%, United States 6% (2021)
Imports
$50.377 billion (2021 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$36.414 billion (2020 est.) note: data are in current year dollars

$39.419 billion (2019 est.) note: data are in current year dollars
Imports - partners
Poland 12%, Germany 12%, Russia 11%, Latvia 8%, Netherlands 5% (2021)
Airports
61 (2021)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions
total: 796,814 (2020 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 29 (2020 est.)
Internet users
total: 2.436 million (2021 est.)

percent of population: 87% (2021 est.)
Railways
total: 1,911 km (2020) 152 km electrified
Roadways
total: 84,166 km (2012)

paved: 72,297 km (2012) (includes 312 km of expressways)

unpaved: 11,869 km (2012)
Telephones - fixed lines
total subscriptions: 290,711 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 10 (2021 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular
total subscriptions: 3,726,653 (2021 est.)

subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 134 (2021 est.)
Waterways
441 km (2007) (navigable year-round)
Disputes - international

Lithuania-Belarus: as of January 2007, ground demarcation of the boundary with Belarus was complete and mapped with final ratification documents in preparation

Lithuania-Lativa: boundary demarcated with Latvia was completed in 1998

Lithuania-Russia:Lithuania and Russia committed to demarcating their boundary in 2006 in accordance with the land and maritime treaty ratified by Russia in May 2003 and by Lithuania in 1999; Lithuania operates a simplified transit regime for Russian nationals traveling from the Kaliningrad coastal exclave into Russia, while still conforming, as a EU member state having an external border with a non-EU member, to strict Schengen border rules; in January 2018, demarcation of the Lithuania-Russia border was completed


Länderstatistik

Branche
Land
Unterschied in %
gesamt
Litauen
4 396 033 000 EUR
5 298 819 000 EUR
20.54 %
Bekleidung
Litauen
90 183 000 EUR
117 570 000 EUR
30.37 %
Chemische Erzeugnisse
Litauen
452 694 000 EUR
503 255 000 EUR
11.17 %
Datenverarbeitungsgeräte, elektr. u. opt. Erzeugn.
Litauen
496 394 000 EUR
589 615 000 EUR
18.78 %
Elektrische Ausrüstungen
Litauen
268 748 000 EUR
291 781 000 EUR
8.57 %
Energieversorgung
Litauen
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erdöl und Erdgas
Litauen
0 EUR
0 EUR
0.00 %
Erze
Litauen
21 000 EUR
0 EUR
-100.00 %
Erzeugnisse der Landwirtschaft und Jagd
Litauen
42 720 000 EUR
46 399 000 EUR
8.61 %
Fische und Fischereierzeugnisse
Litauen
2 524 000 EUR
1 781 000 EUR
-29.44 %
Forstwirtschaftliche Erzeugnisse
Litauen
20 263 000 EUR
37 216 000 EUR
83.66 %
Getränke
Litauen
32 985 000 EUR
33 731 000 EUR
2.26 %
Glas und -waren, Keramik, Steine und Erden
Litauen
45 653 000 EUR
53 730 000 EUR
17.69 %
Gummi- und Kunststoffwaren
Litauen
214 616 000 EUR
224 996 000 EUR
4.84 %
Holz und Holz- Kork- Korb- Flechtwaren ohne Möbel
Litauen
32 548 000 EUR
35 698 000 EUR
9.68 %
Kohle
Litauen
0 EUR
74 000 EUR
0.00 %
Kokereierzeugnisse und Mineralölerzeugnisse
Litauen
21 805 000 EUR
34 320 000 EUR
57.40 %
Kraftwagen und Kraftwagenteile
Litauen
580 714 000 EUR
854 954 000 EUR
47.22 %
Leder und Lederwaren
Litauen
36 219 000 EUR
51 162 000 EUR
41.26 %
Maschinen
Litauen
699 063 000 EUR
716 686 000 EUR
2.52 %
Metalle
Litauen
137 691 000 EUR
175 535 000 EUR
27.48 %
Metallerzeugnisse
Litauen
146 192 000 EUR
176 151 000 EUR
20.49 %
Möbel
Litauen
32 945 000 EUR
37 636 000 EUR
14.24 %
Nahrungsmittel und Futtermittel
Litauen
270 224 000 EUR
336 448 000 EUR
24.51 %
Papier, Pappe und Waren daraus
Litauen
67 362 000 EUR
77 424 000 EUR
14.94 %
Pharmazeutische und ähnliche Erzeugnisse
Litauen
291 955 000 EUR
295 854 000 EUR
1.34 %
Sonstige Fahrzeuge
Litauen
47 002 000 EUR
111 715 000 EUR
137.68 %
Sonstige Waren
Litauen
277 307 000 EUR
391 384 000 EUR
41.14 %
Steine und Erden, sonstige Bergbauerzeugnisse
Litauen
4 141 000 EUR
5 073 000 EUR
22.51 %
Tabakerzeugnisse
Litauen
16 634 000 EUR
26 024 000 EUR
56.45 %
Textilien
Litauen
67 430 000 EUR
72 607 000 EUR
7.68 %