Lithuania
- Official Name:
- Republic of Lithuania (Lithuania)
- Area:
- 65.200 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 3.575.439 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 90 km
- Capital:
- Vilnius
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Klaipeda
- Maritime claims:
-
- Political divisions:
- 10 counties (apskritys, singular - apskritis); Alytaus, Kauno, Klaipedos, Marijampoles, Panevezio, Siauliu, Taurages, Telsiu, Utenos, Vilniaus
- Language(s):
- Lithuanian (official) 82%, Russian 8%, Polish 5,6%, other and unspecified 4,4% (2001 census)
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 16 February (1918); note - 16 February 1918 was the date Lithuania declared its independence from Soviet Russia and established its statehood; 11 March 1990 was the date it declared its independence from the Soviet Union
- Nationality:
- Lithuanian(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 2. Daylight saving time: 1hr, begins last Sunday in March; ends last Sunday in October
- Member of:
- ACCT (observer), Australia Group, BA, BIS, CBSS, CE, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICRM, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, ITUC, MIGA, NATO, NIB, NSG, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCL, WCO, WEU (associate partner), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .lt
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
Litas (LTL) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD15.300 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 30.200.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 7,5% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 5,5%
- Industry: 33,3%
- Services: 61,2%
- Labor force:
- 1.617.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (2004):
-
- Agriculture 15,8%
- Industry: 28,2%
- Services 56%
- Unemployment rate:
- 3,7% (2006 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 3.8% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 23% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD9.415.000.000
- Expenditures: USD9.761.000.000
- Public debt:
- 18% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD -2.572.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 14.640.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Mineral products 23%, textiles and clothing 16%, machinery and equipment 11%, chemicals 6%, wood and wood products 5%, foodstuffs 5% (2001)t
- 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)
- Imports:
- USD 18.250.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Mineral products, machinery and equipment, transport equipment, chemicals, textiles and clothing, metals
- Imports - partners:
- Russia 27,9%, Germany 15,1%, Poland 8,3% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 5.220.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 15.120.000.000 (2006)
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