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Lithuania and Latvia

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Lithuania

Latvia

The widest gap is With a degree: Lithuania 49.9% against Latvia 40.7%, 9.2 points apart.

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The faint tick on each bar is the EU27 figure.

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Lithuania
Latvia

People

Median age0.1 years
44.3 years
44.4 years
Life expectancy at birth1.1 years
77.5 years
76.4 years
People55.4%
2.9m
1.9m
People per square kilometre54.2%
46.1 per km²
29.9 per km²
Women in the population1.1 points
52.5%
53.6%
Born abroad1.9 points
9.7%
11.6%
Born outside the EU1.4 points
9.0%
10.4%

Money and work

Disposable income per person0.0%
€13,982
€13,983
Average net income0.4%
€16,653
€16,720
Take-home pay, average-wage worker0.3%
€19,093
€19,035
Gross pay, average-wage worker19.7%
€31,380
€26,208
Minimum wage47.8%
€1,153
€780
In work, age 20 to 641.8 points
80.0%
78.2%
Out of work
6.9%
6.9%
Hours worked a week0.4 hours
39.2 hours
38.8 hours
At risk of poverty0.6 points
22.6%
22.0%
Housing costs over 40% of income
5.7%
5.7%
GDP per person24.6%
€29,170
€23,410

Family and home

People at home22.2%
1.8
2.2
Households with children6.6 points
22.6%
29.2%
Children per woman11.7%
1.11
1.24
Own their home4.3 points
86.5%
82.2%

Health and daily life

Hospital beds7.7%
536 per 100,000 people
497 per 100,000 people
Doctors38.0%
467 per 100,000 people
339 per 100,000 people
Nurses84.8%
812 per 100,000 people
439 per 100,000 people

Education

With a degree9.2 points
49.9%
40.7%
Students per 1,000 people12.9%
34.9 per 1,000 people
39.4 per 1,000 people

Public spending

Public spending on them10.0%
€10,789
€9,805
Tax raised per person19.6%
€9,121
€7,628
Government debt7.4 points
39.5%
46.9%

Country and infrastructure

Land area1.1%
65,284 km²
64,594 km²
Railway density4.4%
30.7 per 1,000 km²
29.4 per 1,000 km²
Motorway density
7.4 per 1,000 km²
0.0 per 1,000 km²
Cars per 1,000 people44.6%
629 per 1,000 people
435 per 1,000 people
Households with internet4.7 points
89.4%
94.1%
Tourist nights per resident19.6%
2.99
2.5

Environment

Renewable energy7.8 points
38.5%
46.3%
Land under forest20.3 points
35.4%
55.7%

Where €100 of public spending goes

Every euro each general government spends, sorted into the ten functions all 27 countries report against. Open a row for the ranking of 27 and what sits inside it.

Lithuania

Latvia

Function
Lithuania
Latvia
9.0%
10.1%
6.5%
6.0%
4.0%
7.0%
8.0%
14.5%
1.4%
1.2%
2.1%
2.1%
14.6%
11.9%
3.2%
3.0%
13.9%
13.4%
37.2%
30.9%

Reference year 2024. Total public spending €100.00 in every column, so the ten shares always add up to one hundred.

Frequently asked: Lithuania and Latvia

  1. Where do more people live: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 55.4%: Lithuania 2.9m, Latvia 1.9m. People usually resident in the country on 1 January. Eurostat · People & Women in the population · 2025. See the figure

  2. Which is more crowded: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 54.2%: Lithuania 46.1, Latvia 29.9. People per square kilometre of that total area. Eurostat · Land area & People per square kilometre · 2026. See the figure

  3. Which has more forest: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 20.3 points: Latvia 55.7%, Lithuania 35.4%. Share of the land area under forest. Eurostat · Land under forest · 2025. See the figure

  4. Where is the minimum wage higher: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 47.8%: Lithuania €1,153, Latvia €780. Gross statutory minimum wage a month, where the law sets one. Six member states set none. Eurostat · Minimum wage · 2026. See the figure

  5. Where are there more doctors per 100,000 people: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 38.0%: Lithuania 467, Latvia 339. Practising doctors, per 100,000 residents. Eurostat · Doctors · 2024. See the figure

  6. Which spends more on health per resident: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 35.3%: Lithuania €1,576, Latvia €1,165. Hospitals, doctors, medicines and medical equipment, and public health programmes. Eurostat · Public spending by function · 2024. See the figure

  7. Where do more households have children: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 6.6 points: Latvia 29.2%, Lithuania 22.6%. Share of private households with at least one dependent child. Eurostat · Households with children · 2025. See the figure

  8. Where is GDP per person higher: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 24.6%: Lithuania €29,170, Latvia €23,410. Gross domestic product at current market prices, divided by the population. Eurostat · GDP per person · 2025. See the figure

  9. Where do more adults hold a degree: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 9.2 points: Lithuania 49.9%, Latvia 40.7%. Share of adults whose highest completed education is a university or other tertiary degree. Eurostat · With a degree · 2025. See the figure

  10. Where do more households have internet: Lithuania or Latvia?

    The gap is 4.7 points: Latvia 94.1%, Lithuania 89.4%. Share of households with internet access at home. Eurostat · Households with internet · 2025. See the figure

Medians where possible, per-capita averages for spending. This person is a composite of published statistics, not the most common person in the country.