Business in Lithuania (edition 2022)

Foreign direct investment

 

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As of 31 December 2021, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Lithuania totalled EUR 27.1 billion and, against the respective period of 2020, increased by 13.2 per cent, in the Capital Region – increased by 13, in the Central and Western Lithuania Region – 13.9 per cent.

The Capital Region attracted 75.6 per cent of the total FDI (Vilnius city municipality – 95.5 per cent of the total FDI in the Capital region), the Central and Western Lithuania Region – 24.4 per cent (Kaunas and Klaipėda city municipalities – 23.9 and 21.9 per cent of the total FDI in the Central and Western Lithuania region).

All counties recorded an increase in investment, compared to the end of 2020, with the largest increase observed in Telšiai (17.8 per cent), Panevėžys (17.7 per cent), Alytus (16.6 cent), and Kaunas (16.6 per cent) counties.

FDI per capita increased by 12.8 per cent and averaged EUR 9.7 thousand. FDI per capita in the Capital Region amounted to EUR 25 thousand, in the Central and Western Lithuania Region – EUR 3.3 thousand.


FDI per capita by county, 2021
At the end of the year, EUR

Created with Highcharts 6.1.4TotalEUR 9,661Vilnius countyEUR 25,041Vilnius countyEUR 25,041Klaipėda countyEUR 5,557Klaipėda countyEUR 5,557Telšiai countyEUR 4,749Telšiai countyEUR 4,749Kaunas countyEUR 4,335Kaunas countyEUR 4,335Panevėžys countyEUR 2,560Panevėžys countyEUR 2,560Šiauliai countyEUR 1,962Šiauliai countyEUR 1,962Alytus countyEUR 1,735Alytus countyEUR 1,735Utena countyEUR 1,714Utena countyEUR 1,714Marijampolė countyEUR 1,042Marijampolė countyEUR 1,042Tauragė countyEUR 903Tauragė countyEUR 903

The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

The largest investment in the Capital Region was made by German (23.8 per cent of the total FDI), Estonian (13.1 per cent), Swedish (12.1 per cent), Hong Kong (8.9 per cent) and Dutch (8.2 per cent) investors, while in the Central and Western Lithuania Region – Polish (11.2 per cent), Duch (11 per cent) German (10.1 per cent), and Danish (9.7 per cent) investors.


FDI by main investing countries, 2021
At the end of the year, EUR million

 

Total

Capital Region / Vilnius county

Central and Western Lithuania Region

Counties

Alytus

Kaunas

Klaipė­da

Marijam­polė

Pane­vėžys

Šiauliai

Taura­gė

Telšiai

Utena

Total

27109.9

20482.0

6628.0

235.4

2468.9

1801.8

142.2

544.5

512.4

82.0

625.4

215.4

Germany

5535.7

4866.7

669.0

9,7

318.7

128.2

16.0

54.4

120.9

9.1

1.2

10.8

Sweden

2985.0

2483.2

501.8

2.7

198.3

58.2

33.1

22.6

34.3

0.8

3.6

148.4

Estonia

2943.5

2684.2

259.3

33.2

106.6

67.5

4.6

45.2

24.8

0.1

-24.7

2.1

Netherlands

2412.8

1684.0

728.8

0.5

400.4

204.6

0.4

11.1

75.2

10.1

22.8

3.7

Hong Kong

1835.2

1827.8

7.4

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•

•

0.1

0.3

•

-

-

-

Latvia

1570.8

1427.3

143.5

5.2

73.9

56.0

1.3

29.9

4.4

0.5

-29.3

1.7

Cyprus

1285.8

809.6

476.2

6.9

33.5

429.7

1.2

0.0

0.8

-

4.0

0.1

Poland

1204.9

460.0

744.9

55.2

93.6

11.4

1.9

1.0

-0.1

0.1

580.0

1.9

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The latest and detailed data are available in the Database of Indicators

 

In the Capital Region, the bulk of investment fell within financial and insurance activities (EUR 9.7 billion), wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycle (EUR 2.1 billion), information and communication (EUR 1.7 billion), as well as real estate activities (EUR 1.7 billion) enterprises, while in the Central and Western Lithuania Region – manufacturing (EUR 2.8 billion), real estate activities (EUR 799.3 million), and private purchases and sales of a real estate (EUR 712.4 million).

For further terms, see the Dictionary of Statistical Terms.