Lithuania

Republic of Lithuania

LOCATION

Background: Lithuanian lands were united under MINDAUGAS in 1236; over the next century, Lithuania extended its territory through alliances and conquest to include most of present-day Belarus and Ukraine. By the end of the 14th century, Lithuania was the largest state in Europe. An alliance with Poland in 1386 led the two countries into a union through a common ruler. In 1569, Lithuania and Poland formally united into a single dual state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This entity survived until 1795 when surrounding countries partitioned its remnants. Lithuania regained its independence after World War I, but the USSR annexed it in 1940 -- an action never recognized by the US and many other countries. In 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until 1991. The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into West European institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in 2004. In 2015, Lithuania joined the euro zone, and it joined the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development in 2018.

Location: Eastern Europe, bordering the Baltic Sea, between Latvia and Russia, west of Belarus
Geographic coordinates: 56 00 N, 24 00 E
Map references: Europe
Area: total: 65,300 sq km
land: 62,680 sq km
water: 2,620 sq km
Area - comparative: slightly larger than West Virginia
Land boundaries: total: 1,545 km
border countries: Belarus 640 km; Latvia 544 km; Poland 100 km; Russia (Kaliningrad) 261 km
Coastline: 90 km
Maritime claims: territorial sea: 12 nm
Climate: transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Terrain: lowland, many scattered small lakes, fertile soil
Elevation: highest point: Aukstojas 294 m
lowest point: Baltic Sea 0 m
mean elevation: 110 m
Natural resources: peat, arable land, amber
Land use: agricultural land: 45.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 36.8% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 0.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 8.6% (2023 est.)
forest: 35.3% (2023 est.)
other: 18.8% (2023 est.)
Irrigated land: 61 sq km (2020)
Major lakes (area sq km): salt water lake(s): Curonian Lagoon (shared with Russia) - 1,620 sq km
Population distribution: fairly even population distribution throughout the country, but somewhat greater concentrations in the southern cities of Vilnius and Kaunas, as well as the western port of Klaipeda
Natural hazards: occasional floods, droughts
Geography - note: fertile central plains are separated by hilly uplands that are ancient glacial deposits

Population: total: 2,815,687 (2025 est.)
male: 1,334,600
female: 1,481,087
Nationality: noun: Lithuanian(s)
adjective: Lithuanian
Ethnic groups: Lithuanian 84.6%, Polish 6.5%, Russian 5%, Belarusian 1%, other 1.1%, unspecified 1.8% (2021 est.)
Languages: 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)The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information.
Religions: Roman Catholic 74.2%, Russian Orthodox 3.7%, Old Believer 0.6%, Evangelical Lutheran 0.6%, Evangelical Reformist 0.2%, other (including Sunni Muslim, Jewish, Greek Catholic, and Karaite) 0.9%, none 6.1%, unspecified 13.7% (2021 est.)
Age structure: 0-14 years: 15.2% (male 205,154/female 194,386)
15-64 years: 62.6% (male 808,435/female 837,908)
65 years and over: 22.2% (2024 est.) (male 201,405/female 380,898)
Dependency ratios: total dependency ratio: 56.5 (2025 est.)
youth dependency ratio: 23.3 (2025 est.)
elderly dependency ratio: 33.3 (2025 est.)
potential support ratio: 3 (2025 est.)
Median age: total: 44 years (2025 est.)
male: 40.9 years
female: 49.2 years
Population growth rate: -0.71% (2025 est.)
Birth rate: 7.01 births/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Death rate: 14.1 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2025 est.)
Population distribution: fairly even population distribution throughout the country, but somewhat greater concentrations in the southern cities of Vilnius and Kaunas, as well as the western port of Klaipeda
Urbanization: urban population: 68.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: -0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Major urban areas - population: 541,000 VILNIUS (capital) (2023)
Sex ratio: at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 0.96 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.53 male(s)/female
total population: 0.86 male(s)/female (2024 est.)
Mother's mean age at first birth: 28.2 years (2020 est.)
Maternal mortality ratio: 8 deaths/100,000 live births (2023 est.)
Infant mortality rate: total: 2.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.)
male: 4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 76.1 years (2024 est.)
male: 70.8 years
female: 81.7 years
Total fertility rate: 1.22 children born/woman (2025 est.)
Gross reproduction rate: 0.6 (2025 est.)
Drinking water source: improved: urban: urban: 100% of population (2022 est.)
improved: rural: rural: 93.8% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total: total: 98% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban: urban: 0% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural: rural: 6.2% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total: total: 2% of population (2022 est.)
Health expenditure: Health expenditure (as % of GDP): 7.5% of GDP (2022)
Health expenditure (as % of national budget): 13% of national budget (2022 est.)
Physician density: 6.1 physicians/1,000 population (2023)
Hospital bed density: 6 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Sanitation facility access: improved: urban: urban: 99% of population (2022 est.)
improved: rural: rural: 91.9% of population (2022 est.)
improved: total: total: 96.7% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: urban: urban: 1% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: rural: rural: 8.1% of population (2022 est.)
unimproved: total: total: 3.3% of population (2022 est.)
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: 26.3% (2016)
Alcohol consumption per capita: total: 11.93 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 4.61 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.88 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 4.96 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 1.48 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
Tobacco use: total: 26.6% (2025 est.)
male: 38% (2025 est.)
female: 16.7% (2025 est.)
Children under the age of 5 years underweight: 1.1% (2021 est.)
Currently married women (ages 15-49): 51.8% (2024 est.)
Child marriage: women married by age 15: 0% (2022)
women married by age 18: 0.2% (2022)
Education expenditure: Education expenditure (% GDP): 4.3% of GDP (2022 est.)
Education expenditure (% national budget): 11.8% national budget (2022 est.)
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education): total: 17 years (2022 est.)
male: 16 years (2022 est.)
female: 17 years (2022 est.)

Environmental issues: water pollution; air pollution; deforestation; groundwater pollution from chemicals and waste; soil degradation and erosion
International environmental agreements: party to: Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified: none of the selected agreements
Climate: transitional, between maritime and continental; wet, moderate winters and summers
Land use: agricultural land: 45.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land: arable land: 36.8% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops: permanent crops: 0.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture: permanent pasture: 8.6% (2023 est.)
forest: 35.3% (2023 est.)
other: 18.8% (2023 est.)
Urbanization: urban population: 68.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: -0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions: total emissions: 12.877 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke: 380,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids: 9.61 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas: 2.887 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions: 11.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Waste and recycling: municipal solid waste generated annually: 1.315 million tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled: 34.9% (2022 est.)
Total water withdrawal: municipal: 136.78 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
industrial: 87.96 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
agricultural: 58.74 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Total renewable water resources: 24.5 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)

Country name: conventional long form: Republic of Lithuania
conventional short form: Lithuania
local long form: Lietuvos Respublika
local short form: Lietuva
former: Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic (while occupied by the USSR)
etymology: meaning of the name is obscure; may be derived from the local words lietava, meaning "small river," or lietus, meaning "rain" or "land of rain," or the Latin word litus, meaning "shore"
Government type: semi-presidential republic
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; the river name is said to derive from the Lithuanian word vilnis, meaning "wave"
Administrative divisions: 60 municipalities (savivaldybe, singular - savivaldybe); Akmene, Alytaus Miestas, Alytus, Anksciai, Birstonas, Birzai, Druskininkai, Elektrenai, Ignalina, Jonava, Joniskis, Jurbarkas, Kaisiadorys, Kalvarija, Kauno Miestas, Kaunas, Kazlu Rudos, Kedainiai, Kelme, Klaipedos Miestas, Klaipeda, Kretinga, Kupiskis, Lazdijai, Marijampole, Mazeikiai, Moletai, Neringa, Pagegiai, Pakruojis, Palangos Miestas, Panevezio Miestas, Panevezys, Pasvalys, Plunge, Prienai, Radviliskis, Raseiniai, Rietavas, Rokiskis, Sakiai, Salcininkai, Siauliu Miestas, Siauliai, Silale, Silute, Sirvintos, Skuodas, Svencionys, Taurage, Telsiai, Trakai, Ukmerge, Utena, Varena, Vilkaviskis, Vilniaus Miestas, Vilnius, Visaginas, Zarasai
Legal system: civil law system; legislative acts can be appealed to the Constitutional Court
Constitution: history: several previous; latest adopted by referendum 25 October 1992, entered into force 2 November 1992
amendment process: proposed by at least one fourth of all Parliament members or by petition of at least 300,000 voters; passage requires two-thirds majority vote of Parliament in each of two readings three months apart and a presidential signature; amendments to constitutional articles on national sovereignty and constitutional amendment procedure also require three-fourths voter approval in a referendum
International law organization participation: accepts compulsory ICJ jurisdiction with reservations; accepts ICCt jurisdiction
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
Suffrage: 18 years of age; universal
Executive branch: chief of state: President Gitanas NAUSEDA (since 12 July 2019)
head of government: Prime Minister Inga RUGINIENE (since 25 September 2025)
cabinet: Council of Ministers nominated by the prime minister, appointed by the president, approved by Parliament
election/appointment process: president directly elected by absolute-majority popular vote in 2 rounds, if needed, for a 5-year term (eligible for a second term); prime minister appointed by the president, approved by Parliament
most recent election date: 26 May 2024
election results: 2024: Gitanas NAUSEDA elected president in second round; percent of vote -Gitanas NAUSEDA (independent) 75.6%, Ingrida SIMONYTE (TS-LKD) 24.4%2019: Gitanas NAUSEDA elected president in second round; percent of vote - Gitanas NAUSEDA (independent) 66.7%, Ingrida SIMONYTE (independent) 33.3%
expected date of next election: 2029
Legislative branch: legislature name: Parliament (Seimas)
legislative structure: unicameral
number of seats: 141 (all directly elected)
electoral system: mixed system
scope of elections: full renewal
term in office: 4 years
most recent election date: 10/13/2024 to 10/27/2024
parties elected and seats per party: Lithuanian Social Democratic Party (LSDP) (52); Homeland Union - Lithuanian Christian Democrats (TS-LKD) (28); Political Party "The Dawn of Nemunas" (PPNA) (20); Union of Democrats “For Lithuania” (DSVL) (14); Liberals Movement of the Republic of Lithuania (LS) (12); Lithuanian Farmers and Greens Union (LVŽS) (8); Other (7)
percentage of women in chamber: 28.4%
expected date of next election: October 2028
Judicial branch: highest court(s): Supreme Court (consists of 37 judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 9 judges)
judge selection and term of office: Supreme Court judges nominated by the president and appointed by the Seimas; judges serve 5-year renewable terms; Constitutional Court judges appointed by the Seimas from nominations - 3 each by the president of the republic, the Seimas speaker, and the Supreme Court president; judges serve 9-year, nonrenewable terms; one third of membership reconstituted every 3 years
subordinate courts: Court of Appeals; district and local courts
Political parties: Center-Right Union or CDSDawn of Nemunas or PPNAElectoral Action of Poles in Lithuania - Christian Families Alliance or LLRA–KŠSHomeland Union or TS-LKDLithuanian Farmers and Greens Union or LVŽSLiberals' Movement or LRLSNational Alliance or NSSocial Democratic Party of Lithuania or LSDPUnion of Democrats for Lithuania or DSVL
Diplomatic representation in the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Gediminas VARVUOLIS (since 5 September 2025)
chancery: 2622 16th Street NW, Washington, DC 20009
telephone: [1] (202) 234-5860
FAX: [1] (202) 328-0466
email address and website: info@usa.mfa.lthttps://usa.mfa.lt/usa/en/
consulate(s) general: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York
Diplomatic representation from the US: chief of mission: Ambassador Kara C. McDONALD (since 26 January 2024)
embassy: Akmenu gatve 6, Vilnius, LT-03106
mailing address: 4510 Vilnius Place, Washington DC 20521-4510
telephone: [370] (5) 266-5500
FAX: [370] (5) 266-5510
email address and website: consec@state.govhttps://lt.usembassy.gov/
International organization participation: Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CD, CE, EAPC, EBRD, ECB, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHRC, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, Wassenaar Arrangement, WCO, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
Independence: 16 February 1918 (from Soviet Russia and Germany); 11 March 1990 (declared from the Soviet Union); 6 September 1991 (recognized by the Soviet Union); notable earlier dates: 6 July 1253 (coronation of MINDAUGAS, traditional founding date); 1 July 1569 (Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth created)
National holiday: Independence Day (or National Day), 16 February (1918)
Flag: description: three equal horizontal bands of yellow (top), green, and redmeaning: yellow stands for golden fields, the sun, light, and goodness; green for the forests, nature, freedom, and hope; red for courage and the blood spilled in defense of the homeland
National symbol(s): mounted knight known as Vytis (the Chaser), white stork
National color(s): yellow, green, red
National anthem(s): title: "Tautiska giesme" (The National Song)
lyrics/music: Vincas KUDIRKA
history: adopted 1918, restored 1990; written in 1898 when Lithuania was part of Russia; banned during the Soviet occupation from 1940 to 1990
National heritage: total World Heritage Sites: 5 (all cultural)
selected World Heritage Site locales: Vilnius Historic Center; Curonian Spit; Kernavė Archaeological Site; Struve Geodetic Arc; Modernist Kaunas: Architecture of Optimism, 1919-1939

Economic overview: high-income EU and eurozone member, largest Baltic economy; recovery supported by private consumption and EU fund-driven investments; structural challenges include pension reform, aging workforce, and high energy-import costs
Real GDP (purchasing power parity): Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2024: $136.227 billion (2024 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023: $132.552 billion (2023 est.)
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022: $132.099 billion (2022 est.)
Real GDP growth rate: Real GDP growth rate 2024: 2.8% (2024 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2023: 0.3% (2023 est.)
Real GDP growth rate 2022: 2.5% (2022 est.)
Real GDP per capita: Real GDP per capita 2024: $47,200 (2024 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2023: $46,200 (2023 est.)
Real GDP per capita 2022: $46,700 (2022 est.)
GDP (official exchange rate): $84.869 billion (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices): Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2024: 0.7% (2024 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2023: 9.1% (2023 est.)
Inflation rate (consumer prices) 2022: 19.7% (2022 est.)
GDP - composition, by sector of origin: agriculture: 2.6% (2024 est.)
industry: 23.4% (2024 est.)
services: 63.6% (2024 est.)
GDP - composition, by end use: household consumption: 57.3% (2023 est.)
government consumption: 17.3% (2023 est.)
investment in fixed capital: 23.7% (2023 est.)
investment in inventories: -1.8% (2023 est.)
exports of goods and services: 76.5% (2023 est.)
imports of goods and services: -72.6% (2023 est.)
Agricultural products: wheat, milk, sugar beets, rapeseed, barley, potatoes, triticale, oats, beans, peas (2023)
Industries: metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, televisions, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture, textiles, food processing, fertilizer, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, lasers, electronic components, computers, amber jewelry, information technology, video game development, app/software development, biotechnology
Industrial production growth rate: 3.2% (2024 est.)
Labor force: 1.548 million (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate: Unemployment rate 2024: 7.6% (2024 est.)
Unemployment rate 2023: 6.9% (2023 est.)
Unemployment rate 2022: 6% (2022 est.)
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24): total: 14.1% (2024 est.)
male: 16.3% (2024 est.)
female: 11.7% (2024 est.)
Population below poverty line: 20.9% (2021 est.)
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income: Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income 2022: 36.6 (2022 est.)
Average household expenditures: on food: 19.4% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
on alcohol and tobacco: 5.5% of household expenditures (2023 est.)
Household income or consumption by percentage share: lowest 10%: 2.5% (2022 est.)
highest 10%: 28.7% (2022 est.)
Remittances: Remittances 2024: 1.2% of GDP (2024 est.)
Remittances 2023: 1.2% of GDP (2023 est.)
Remittances 2022: 1% of GDP (2022 est.)
Budget: revenues: $28.011 billion (2023 est.)
expenditures: $28.68 billion (2023 est.)
Public debt: Public debt 2023: 36.9% of GDP (2023 est.)
Taxes and other revenues: 21.4% (of GDP) (2023 est.)
Current account balance: Current account balance 2024: $2.101 billion (2024 est.)
Current account balance 2023: $878.388 million (2023 est.)
Current account balance 2022: -$4.322 billion (2022 est.)
Exports: Exports 2024: $62.896 billion (2024 est.)
Exports 2023: $61.02 billion (2023 est.)
Exports 2022: $61.448 billion (2022 est.)
Exports - partners: Latvia 11%, Poland 8%, Germany 7%, Netherlands 6%, Russia 6% (2023)
Exports - commodities: refined petroleum, furniture, plastic products, wheat, cars (2023)
Imports: Imports 2024: $58.491 billion (2024 est.)
Imports 2023: $57.899 billion (2023 est.)
Imports 2022: $62.916 billion (2022 est.)
Imports - partners: Germany 13%, Poland 13%, Latvia 8%, USA 7%, Norway 5% (2023)
Imports - commodities: crude petroleum, cars, natural gas, packaged medicine, plastic products (2023)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2024: $7.406 billion (2024 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2023: $6.168 billion (2023 est.)
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold 2022: $5.365 billion (2022 est.)
Exchange rates: Currency: euros (EUR) per US dollar -
Exchange rates 2024: 0.924 (2024 est.)
Exchange rates 2023: 0.925 (2023 est.)
Exchange rates 2022: 0.95 (2022 est.)
Exchange rates 2021: 0.845 (2021 est.)
Exchange rates 2020: 0.876 (2020 est.)

Electricity access: electrification - total population: 100% (2022 est.)
Electricity: installed generating capacity: 5.426 million kW (2023 est.)
consumption: 10.992 billion kWh (2023 est.)
exports: 3.98 billion kWh (2023 est.)
imports: 10.91 billion kWh (2023 est.)
transmission/distribution losses: 829.9 million kWh (2023 est.)
Electricity generation sources: fossil fuels: 16.3% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
solar: 14.1% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
wind: 51% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
hydroelectricity: 4.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
biomass and waste: 13.8% of total installed capacity (2023 est.)
Nuclear energy: Number of nuclear reactors permanently shut down: 2 (2025)
Coal: consumption: 166,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
exports: 78,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
imports: 149,000 metric tons (2023 est.)
Petroleum: total petroleum production: 4,000 bbl/day (2023 est.)
refined petroleum consumption: 67,000 bbl/day (2024 est.)
crude oil estimated reserves: 12 million barrels (2021 est.)
Natural gas: consumption: 1.49 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
exports: 1.867 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
imports: 3.282 billion cubic meters (2023 est.)
Energy consumption per capita: Total energy consumption per capita 2023: 83.7 million Btu/person (2023 est.)

Telephones - fixed lines: total subscriptions: 224,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 8 (2023 est.)
Telephones - mobile cellular: total subscriptions: 3.97 million (2024 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 139 (2024 est.)
Broadcast media: public broadcaster operates 3 channels, with the third channel (satellite) introduced in 2007; various privately owned commercial TV broadcasters operate national and multiple regional channels; many privately owned local TV stations; multi-channel cable and satellite TV services available; publicly owned broadcaster operates 3 radio networks; many privately owned commercial broadcasters, with repeater stations in various regions
Internet country code: .lt
Internet users: percent of population: 89% (2023 est.)
Broadband - fixed subscriptions: total: 806,000 (2023 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 28 (2023 est.)

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix: LY
Airports: 64 (2025)
Heliports: 2 (2025)
Railways: total: 1,911 km (2020) 152 km electrified
Merchant marine: total: 59 (2023)
by type: container ship 3, general cargo 19, oil tanker 2, other 35
Ports: total ports: 2 (2024)
large: 0
medium: 1
small: 0
very small: 1
ports with oil terminals: 2
key ports: Butinge Oil Terminal, Klaipeda

Military and security forces: Lithuanian Armed Forces (Lietuvos Ginkluotosios Pajegos): Lithuanian Land Forces (LLF), Lithuanian Navy, Lithuanian Air Force (LTAF), Lithuanian Special Operations Forces (LITHSOF); National Defense Volunteer Forces (2025)
Military expenditures: Military Expenditures 2025: 4% of GDP (2025 est.)
Military Expenditures 2024: 3.1% of GDP (2024 est.)
Military Expenditures 2023: 2.7% of GDP (2023 est.)
Military Expenditures 2022: 2.4% of GDP (2022 est.)
Military Expenditures 2021: 2% of GDP (2021 est.)
Military and security service personnel strengths: approximately 20,000 active-duty military personnel (2025)
Military equipment inventories and acquisitions: the military's inventory is a mix of mostly European and US armaments (2025)
Military service age and obligation: 19-26 years of age for conscripted military service for men; 9-month service obligation; 18-38 for voluntary service for men and women; 18-60 for the National Defense Volunteer Services (2025)
Military deployments: note: contributes about 350-550 troops to the Lithuania, Poland, and Ukraine joint military brigade (LITPOLUKRBRIG), which was established in 2014; the brigade is headquartered in Poland and is comprised of an international staff, three battalions, and specialized units; units affiliated with the multinational brigade remain within the structures of the armed forces of their respective countries until the brigade is activated for participation in an international operation
Military - note: the Lithuanian Armed Forces are responsible for the defense of the country’s interests, sovereignty, and territory, fulfilling Lithuania’s commitments to NATO and European security, and contributing to UN international peacekeeping efforts; Russia is Lithuania’s primary security focus, which has only increased since the Russian seizure of Crimea in 2014 and subsequent full-scale attack on Ukraine in 2022; Lithuania has been a member of NATO since 2004 and is reliant on the Alliance as the country’s security guarantor; it is actively engaged in both NATO and EU security, as well as bilaterally with allies such as the other Baltic States, Germany, Poland, the UK, Ukraine, and the US; the Lithuanian military has participated in NATO and EU missions abroad and regularly conducts training and exercises with NATO and EU partner forces; it hosts NATO forces, is a member of the UK-led Joint Expeditionary Force, and contributes troops to a multinational brigade with Poland and Ukraine; Lithuania participated in its first UN peacekeeping mission in 1994since 2017, Lithuania has hosted a German-led multinational NATO ground force battlegroup as part of the Alliance’s Enhanced Forward Presence initiative; NATO has also provided air protection for Lithuania since 2004 through its Baltic Air Policing mission; NATO fighter aircraft are hosted at Lithuania’s Šiauliai Air Base (2025)

Refugees and internally displaced persons: refugees: 53,859 (2024 est.)
stateless persons: 2,236 (2024 est.)