Economy, jobs and prices in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas, Lithuania: official figures
GDP per person was 27,100 purchasing power standards (PPS) in 2024, 68% of the EU average. PPS adjust for price differences between countries.
How big is the economy of Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
The regional economy produced €42.8 billion of output (GDP at market prices) in 2024, 54.2% of Lithuania's GDP.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the unemployment rate in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
The unemployment rate (age 15 to 74) was 7.8% in 2025, against 6.9% for Lithuania and 6.0% across the EU.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is youth unemployment in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
Youth unemployment (age 15 to 24) was 15.5% in 2025, against 14.1% for Lithuania.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow much does Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas spend on research and development?
Spending on research and development came to 0.72% of GDP in 2024 (1.12% nationally).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the average salary in Central and Western Lithuania?
Employees in the Central and Western Lithuania Region earned €2,426 a month before tax on average in April to June 2026, lower than in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas); the Lithuanian average was €2,628.
Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copyWhat is the average net salary in Central and Western Lithuania?
After tax, the average monthly wage in the Central and Western Lithuania Region was €1,492 in the second quarter of 2026 (Lithuania: €1,595), lower than in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas).
Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copyWhat is the gender pay gap in Central and Western Lithuania?
Men working in the Central and Western Lithuania Region earned €2,488 gross a month in the second quarter of 2026 and women €2,359, a gender pay gap of 5.2%.
Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copyWhat is the unemployment rate in Central and Western Lithuania?
In 2025 the registered unemployed were equal to 8.7% of working-age residents in the Central and Western Lithuania Region, higher than in the Capital Region (Sostinės regionas); the national figure was 8.6%.
Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copyWhat is the average salary in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
Average compensation per employee (pay plus employer social contributions) was €13,053 in 2024, against €15,666 across Lithuania.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow many tourists visit Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
Visitors spent 6.2 million nights in tourist accommodation in 2025, 30% of them by visitors from abroad.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat is the main industry in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
The largest part of the economy of Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas in 2024 was trade, transport, hospitality and communications, at 30.7% of gross value added, followed by industry (manufacturing, mining and energy) (23.0%).
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow industrial is Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
Factories, mines and energy produced 23.0% of the value added in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas in 2024, against 18.0% for Lithuania.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyHow fast is the economy of Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas growing?
Gross value added rose from €20.0 billion in 2015 to €38.4 billion in 2024 in current prices, an increase of 92% before inflation.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyWhat jobs do people do in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
Of the 985,500 jobs located in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas in 2024, 28% in public services, education, health and other services, 20% in industry and 6.2% in farming, forestry and fishing.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyAre jobs growing in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas?
The number of people working in Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas rose by 6.4% between 2015 and 2024, to 985,500.
Source: Eurostat · saved copyMore figures
- Averaged over 2025, gross monthly earnings in the Central and Western Lithuania Region were €2,224, 69% more than the 2020 average of €1,318 (Lithuania: 68%). Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copy
- Gross pay in the Central and Western Lithuania Region rose by 10.8% in the year to the second quarter of 2026, from €2,190 (Lithuania: 10.1%). Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copy
- Registered unemployment in the Central and Western Lithuania Region was 8.5% for men and 8.9% for women in 2025, compared with 8.7% overall in 2019 and 16.1% in 2010, after the financial crisis. Source: State Data Agency (Statistics Lithuania), Official Statistics Portal · saved copy
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