Economy, jobs and prices in Sostinės regionas, Lithuania: official figures
GDP per person was 53,000 purchasing power standards (PPS) in 2024, 133% of the EU average. PPS adjust for price differences between countries.
How big is the economy of Sostinės regionas?
The regional economy produced €36.2 billion of output (GDP at market prices) in 2024, 45.8% of Lithuania's GDP.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the unemployment rate in Sostinės regionas?
The unemployment rate (age 15 to 74) was 5.1% in 2025, against 6.9% for Lithuania and 6.0% across the EU.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is youth unemployment in Sostinės regionas?
Youth unemployment (age 15 to 24) was 11.7% in 2025, against 14.1% for Lithuania.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow much does Sostinės regionas spend on research and development?
Spending on research and development came to 1.59% of GDP in 2024 (1.12% nationally).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the average salary in the Capital Region?
The average gross monthly wage in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas) was €2,880 in the second quarter of 2026, 10% above the Lithuanian average of €2,628 and higher than in the Central and Western Lithuania Region.
Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copyWhat is the average net salary in the Capital Region?
After tax, the average monthly wage in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas) was €1,742 in the second quarter of 2026 (Lithuania: €1,595), higher than in the Central and Western Lithuania Region.
Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copyWhat is the gender pay gap in the Capital Region?
Men working in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas) earned €3,024 gross a month in the second quarter of 2026 and women €2,736, a gender pay gap of 9.5%.
Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copyWhat is the unemployment rate in the Capital Region?
Registered unemployed people made up 8.5% of the working-age population of the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas) in 2025, lower than in the Central and Western Lithuania Region (Lithuania: 8.6%).
Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copyWhat is the average salary in Sostinės regionas?
Average compensation per employee (pay plus employer social contributions) was €20,588 in 2024, against €15,666 across Lithuania.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many tourists visit Sostinės regionas?
Visitors spent 3.2 million nights in tourist accommodation in 2025, 73% of them by visitors from abroad.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the main industry in Sostinės regionas?
The largest part of the economy of Sostinės regionas in 2024 was trade, transport, hospitality and communications, at 33.6% of gross value added, followed by finance, property and business services (26.5%).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow industrial is Sostinės regionas?
Factories, mines and energy produced 12.1% of the value added in Sostinės regionas in 2024, against 18.0% for Lithuania.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow fast is the economy of Sostinės regionas growing?
Gross value added rose from €13.5 billion in 2015 to €32.4 billion in 2024 in current prices, an increase of 139% before inflation.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat jobs do people do in Sostinės regionas?
Of the 512,850 jobs located in Sostinės regionas in 2024, 27% in public services, education, health and other services, 13% in industry and 2.1% in farming, forestry and fishing.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyAre jobs growing in Sostinės regionas?
The number of people working in Sostinės regionas rose by 22.8% between 2015 and 2024, to 512,850.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyMore figures
- Averaged over 2025, gross monthly earnings in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas) were €2,664, 67% more than the 2020 average of €1,594 (Lithuania: 68%). Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copy
- Gross pay in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas) rose by 9.4% in the year to the second quarter of 2026, from €2,633 (Lithuania: 10.1%). Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copy
- Registered unemployment in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas) was 8.2% for men and 8.8% for women in 2025, compared with 7.6% overall in 2019 and 15.4% in 2010, after the financial crisis. Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copy
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