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In March 2024, against the same period in 2023, the amount of organic raw milk (actual fat content) purchased increased by 31.93, and the price – 5.73 per cent. In March 2024, the amount of organic raw milk (actual fat content) purchased by Lithuanian certified organic milk purchasing and processing enterprises totalled 4,036.77 tonnes, while the average purchase price for such milk totalled EUR 456.79 per tonne (excluding VAT).

At the beginning of 2024, 402,303 economic entities, farmers and natural persons were operating in Lithuania. This is 12.7 per cent more than at the beginning of last year.

In the end of 2023, government debt totalled EUR 31.1 billion and, compared to the same period in 2022, increased by 8.6 per cent. Debt to domestic creditors accounted for 37 per cent, to foreign creditors - 63 per cent.

At the beginning of the 2023-2024 academic year, 477.4 thousand pupils and students, or almost every sixth Lithuanian resident, were studying in the country's educational institutions. Compared to the 2022-2023 school year, the number of pupils and students in educational institutions increased by 3.7 thousand, or 0.7 per cent.
37 thousand, or 7.7 per cent, of all pupils and students studied in non-state educational institutions. During the year, their number increased by 2.1 thousand (6.2 per cent).
In 2023, 24.8 thousand students received basic education in educational institutions of the country, 22.9 thousand graduates – secondary education. In 2023, 8.5 thousand students graduated from vocational training institutions and obtained professional qualifications. Higher education institutions prepared 22.7 thousand higher education specialists.

The share of economic entities with at least one employed person in March  2024, compared to the same period in  2023, increased by 6.14 per cent.

In March 2024, there were 178 road traffic accidents in which people were injured, which is by  3.3 per cent  less than in the same period of 2023, it was also by 11.9 per cent fewer injured and by 33.3 per cent less deaths.

In March 2024, the number of passengers who arrived at and departed from Lithuanian airports amounted to 446.2 thousand, which is by 6.1 per cent more than in the same period last year.

In February 2024, against the same period of 2023, passenger transport by rail increased by 18.1 per cent, passenger-kilometres grew by 25.3 per cent.
In March 2024, against March 2023, the volume of goods carried by rail transport grew by 1.3 per cent, tonne-kilometres decreased by 3.8 per cent.
In I quarter 2024, against the same period of 2023, the volume of goods carried by rail transport decreased by 2.9 per cent, tonne-kilometres dropped by 5.5 per cent.