| Economy - overview | Lithuania, the Baltic state that has conducted the most trade with Russia, has grown rapidly since rebounding from the 1998 Russian financial crisis. Unemployment fell to 3.7% in 2006, while wages grew 17.6%, contributing to rising inflation. Exports and imports continue to grow strongly, and the current account deficit rose to nearly 10% of GDP in 2006. Trade has been increasingly oriented toward the West. Lithuania has gained membership in the World Trade Organization and joined the EU in May 2004. Privatization of the large, state-owned utilities is nearly complete. Foreign government and business support have helped in the transition from the old command economy to a market economy, but foreign direct investment declined in 2006. |
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| GDP | 1.9% (2005 est.) |
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| GDP - real growth rate | 7.5% (2006 est.) |
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| GDP - composition by sector | agriculture: 5.5%
industry: 33.3%
services: 61.2% (2006 est.) |
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| Population below poverty line | 4% (2003) |
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Household income or consumption
by percentage share | lowest 10%: 3.2%
highest 10%: 24.9% (2000) |
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Distribution of family income
- Gini index | 32.5 (2003) |
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| Labor force | 1.617 million (2006 est.) |
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| Labor force - by occupation | agriculture: 15.8%
industry: 28.2%
services: 56% (2004) |
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| Unemployment rate | 3.7%
note: based on survey data, official registered unemployment of 5.7% (2006 est.) |
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| Budget | revenues: $9.415 billion
expenditures: $9.761 billion; including capital expenditures of $NA (2006 est.) |
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| Industries | metal-cutting machine tools, electric motors, television sets, refrigerators and freezers, petroleum refining, shipbuilding (small ships), furniture making, textiles, food processing, fertilizers, agricultural machinery, optical equipment, electronic components, computers, amber jewelry |
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| Industrial production growth rate | 7% (2006 est.) |
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Electricity -
production | 17.8 billion kWh (2004) |
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Electricity -
production by source | fossil fuel: 16.5%
hydro: 5.7%
nuclear: 77.7%
other: 0% (2001) |
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Electricity -
consumption | 9.358 billion kWh (2004) |
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Electricity -
exports | 11.49 billion kWh (2004) |
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Electricity -
imports | 4.293 billion kWh (2004) |
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| Oil - production | 14,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
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| Oil - consumption | 56,000 bbl/day (2004 est.) |
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| Oil - exports | 0 bbl/day (2004) |
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| Oil - imports | 93,000 bbl/day (2004) |
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| Agriculture - products | grain, potatoes, sugar beets, flax, vegetables; beef, milk, eggs; fish |
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| Exports | $14.64 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
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| Exports - commodities | mineral products 23%, textiles and clothing 16%, machinery and equipment 11%, chemicals 6%, wood and wood products 5%, foodstuffs 5% (2001) |
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| Exports - partners | Russia 10.4%, Latvia 10.2%, Germany 9.4%, France 7.1%, Estonia 5.9%, Poland 5.5%, Sweden 5%, US 4.7%, UK 4.7%, Denmark 4.3% (2005) |
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| Imports | $18.25 billion f.o.b. (2006 est.) |
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| Imports - commodities | mineral products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals |
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| Imports - partners | Russia 27.9%, Germany 15.1%, Poland 8.3% (2005) |
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| Debt - external | $15.12 billion (30 June 2006 est.) |
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| Economic aid - recipient | $1.6 billion (1995) |
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| Currency code | LTL |
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| Exchange rates | litai per US dollar - 2.7498 (2006), 2.774 (2005), 2.7806 (2004), 3.0609 (2003), 3.677 (2002) |
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| Fiscal year | calendar year |
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