Social spending as share of GDP in Lithuania
Lithuania: Social spending as share of GDP was 0.3% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Social spending as share of GDP in Lithuania, 1996–2021
Source: OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in % of GDP.
Analysis
The most recent figure for social spending as share of gdp in Lithuania is 0.3%, measured in 2021.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% on the previous year and down 62.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social spending as share of gdp in Lithuania peaked at 0.7% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.2%, in 2007.
Lithuania ranks 27th of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 26 years of available data.
Social spending as share of GDP in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | % of GDP | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 0.5% | — |
| 1997 | 0.6% | +10.4% |
| 1998 | 0.5% | -18.6% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -6.6% |
| 2000 | 0.5% | +13.1% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +1.5% |
| 2003 | 0.4% | -8.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | -24.8% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | -37.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | -6.0% |
| 2007 | 0.2% | -19.0% |
| 2008 | 0.2% | +11.8% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +107.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +98.6% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +6.4% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | -4.4% |
| 2013 | 0.6% | -17.2% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | -29.6% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | -25.4% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | -16.4% |
| 2017 | 0.2% | -12.3% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +11.8% |
| 2019 | 0.2% | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3% | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 0.3% | +7.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 4 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More economy & growth data for Lithuania
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 9.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.5394 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Imports of goods and services (constant 2015 US$), per capita 17,777 constant 2015 US$ per person (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current US$), annual growth -21.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- External balance on goods and services (current LCU), annual growth -24.59 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), annual 0.2782 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 0.0201 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current LCU), per 662.54 current LCU per person (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) -0.0221 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (constant 2015 US$) 0.0157 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social spending as share of gdp in Lithuania?
- Social spending as share of gdp in Lithuania was 0.3% in 2021, according to OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest social spending as share of gdp recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 2011.
- What is the lowest social spending as share of gdp recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2% in 2007.
- How does Lithuania rank for social spending as share of gdp?
- Lithuania ranks 27th out of 42 countries with data for 2021.
- Is social spending as share of gdp rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 62.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Social spending as share of GDP. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Public social expenditure divided by gross domestic product, expressed as a percentage. Includes both in-cash and in-kind benefits in other social policy programs.