Business in Lithuania (edition 2023)

Foreign direct investment

 

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As of 31 December 2022, cumulative foreign direct investment (FDI) in Lithuania totalled EUR 29.9 billion and, against the respective period of 2021, increased by 10.2 per cent, in the Capital Region – increased by 7.3, in the Central and Western Lithuania Region – 19 per cent.

The Capital Region attracted 73.6 per cent of the total FDI (Vilnius city municipality – 95.2 per cent of the total FDI in the Capital Region), the Central and Western Lithuania Region – 26.4 per cent (Kaunas and Klaipėda city municipalities – 22.8 and 20.5 per cent of the total FDI in the Central and Western Lithuania region) respectively.

Compared to the end of 2021, the largest growth in FDI was recorded in Marijampolė (49.4 per cent), Telšiai (46.6 per cent) and Kaunas (23.8 per cent) counties.

FDI per capita increased by 8.2 per cent and averaged EUR 10.5 thousand. FDI per capita in the Capital Region amounted to EUR 25.9 thousand, in the Central and Western Lithuania Region – EUR 3.9 thousand.


FDI per capita by county, 2022
At the end of the year, EUR

Created with Highcharts 6.1.4TotalEUR 10,454Vilnius countyEUR 25,903Vilnius countyEUR 25,903Telšiai countyEUR 6,973Telšiai countyEUR 6,973Klaipėda countyEUR 6,380Klaipėda countyEUR 6,380Kaunas countyEUR 5,272Kaunas countyEUR 5,272Panevėžys countyEUR 2,189Panevėžys countyEUR 2,189Šiauliai countyEUR 2,110Šiauliai countyEUR 2,110Alytus countyEUR 1,996Alytus countyEUR 1,996Marijampolė countyEUR 1,564Marijampolė countyEUR 1,564Utena countyEUR 1,435Utena countyEUR 1,435Tauragė countyEUR 1,072Tauragė countyEUR 1,072

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

 

The largest investment in the Capital Region was made by German (22.2 per cent of the total FDI), Estonian (12.8 per cent) and Swedish (12.1 per cent) investors, while in the Central and Western Lithuania Region – Polish (13.1 per cent), Dutch (10.5 per cent), German (9.8 per cent), and Swiss (8.3 per cent) investors.


FDI by main investing countries, 2022
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

2,9871.1

2,1984.6

7,886.6

270.7

3,057.1

2,132.7

212.3

462.7

557.2

97.1

916.6

180.1

Germany

5,654.4

4882.7

771.7

8.0

361.1

158.8

22.3

51.7

143.3

9.9

2.9

13.9

Sweden

3,238.0

2,659.4

578.5

2.6

248.8

56.9

83.3

35.9

41.6

1.1

4.7

103.9

Estonia

3,140.2

2,820.6

319.5

45.5

115.4

91.7

4.5

45.0

26.0

0.0

-10.4

1.8

Netherlands

2,515.5

1,686.1

829.4

0.6

517.0

200.4

0.5

11.8

63.8

5.5

25.8

4.0

United Kingdom

2,070.6

1,655.4

415.1

22.4

198.0

91.0

10.6

20.6

37.3

6.7

17.6

11.0

Latvia

1,661.3

1,542.1

119.2

4.8

72.1

41.5

1.3

31.5

4.9

0.6

-42.7

5.3

Cyprus

1,453.8

982.5

471.3

4.4

34.2

377.4

1.5

49.5

0.9

 -

3.4

0.1

Poland

1,445.7

408.9

1,036.7

68.3

129.6

3.7

1.1

1.1

2.1

0.1

828.7

2.1

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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 10.1 billion), wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycle (EUR 2.4 billion), information and communication (EUR 1.9 billion), and real estate activities (EUR 1.7 billion) enterprises, while in the Central and Western Lithuania Region – manufacturing (EUR 3.6 billion), private purchases and sales of a real estate (EUR 1.1 billion), and real estate activities (EUR 719.3 million).

For further terms, see the Dictionary of Statistical Terms.