Lithuania 7.1.1

In 2020, Lithuania’s GDP at current prices was 49 507 million EUR; GDP per capita at current prices was 17 710 EUR. Total general government expenditure was 21 233.8 million EUR. Public expenditure on recreation, culture and religion* at all levels of government was 701.9 million EUR. The central government’s share of expenditure was 360.4 million EUR, and the share of local governments was 341.5 million EUR. Public expenditure on recreation, culture and religion in percentage of the total public expenditure was 3.3 %, and in percentage of GDP was 1.4 %. Public expenditure on recreation, culture and religion per capita was 250 EUR.

Figure 4. General government expenditure in Lithuania in 2020

*Public expenditure on culture (ESA 2010) comprises data of the indicator CG080 “recreation, culture and religion” as it is presented in the database of Lithuanian Department of Statistics and Eurostat according to the COFOG 1999.

Over the last five years, the total public expenditure on recreation, culture and religion has been gradually increasing. Consequently, per capita cultural expenditure has also increased, both as a result of increasing appropriations for culture and population decline. The share in GDP of expenditure for culture has not changed substantially since 2015 until 2019 and was about 1 per cent of GDP. In 2020, it increased to 1.4 %.

Table 39: GDP and public expenditure on culture in 2015–2020

	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
GDP at current prices, in millions EUR	37 345	38 889	42 276	45 514	48 859	49 507
GDP per capita at current prices, EUR	12 884	13 486	14 796	16 157	17 486	17 710
Public expenditure on culture (all levels), in millions EUR	351.7	397.4	453.8	499.9	570.8	701.9
Public expenditure on culture (all levels) in percentage of the total public expenditure in that year	2.7 %	3.0 %	3.2 %	3.2 %	3.3 %	3.3 %
Public expenditure on culture per capita, in EUR	121	139	158	178	204	250
Public expenditure on culture in percentage of the GDP	0.9 %	1.0 %	1.1 %	1.1 %	1.1 %	1.4 %