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In August 2023, against August 2022, purchase prices of agricultural products decreased by 24.1 per cent. Purchase prices for crop products decreased by 28.6 per cent, those for livestock and livestock products – by 17.1 per cent.

In 2022, against 2021, the number of recipients of state social insurance unemployment benefits decreased by 8.5 per cent. Over a month, the average number of persons receiving the benefit amounted to 67.1 thousand (in 2021, 73.3 thousand).

In July 2023, average gross (before employee taxes) monthly earnings (individual enterprises excluded) in the whole economy amounted to EUR 1,988.4 and, against July 2022, increased by 13.3 per cent.

Over the year, average net monthly earnings (after employee taxes) in the whole economy increased by 12.1 per cent and totalled to EUR 1,234.5.

In July 2023, against July 2022, index of real earnings in the whole economy made up 104.4 per cent.

Monthly statistical information on earnings (experimental statistics) is prepared on the basis of administrative sources.

In II quarter 2023, against II quarter 2022, the average number of employees (individual enterprises included) decreased in 42 municipalities from 22 in Širvintos district municipality to 804 in Kaišiadorys district municipality (in accordance to experimental calculation method, employees are assigned to local units of enterprises), in Druskininkai municipality – remained unchanged, while in 17 municipalities average number of employees increased from 5 in Pasvalys district municipality to 15,861 Vilnius city municipality. In the Capital Region, the average number of employees over the year increased by 16,053, in the Central and Western Lithuania region – by 236.

Based on provisional data, at the beginning of September 2023, 2 million 867 thousand residents were living in Lithuania, which is by 9.7 thousand more than at the beginning of the year.

In August 2023, compared to August 2022*:

• the number of live births decreased by 61 babies (3.1 per cent) and stood at 1,886;
• the number of deaths decreased by 621 (18.2 per cent) and stood at 2,799;
• the number of marriages decreased by 173 couples (6.1 per cent) and stood at 2,657;
• the number of divorces decreased by 20 couple (3.9 per cent) and stood at 496;
• the number of residents who emigrated from Lithuania increased by 3.4 thousand persons (3.5 times) and stood at 4.8 thousand;
• the number of persons who immigrated to Lithuania decreased by 1.9 thousand persons (22.1 per cent) and stood at 6.5 thousand**.

In August 2023, 33.2 per cent of immigrants were the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who came back to Lithuania.

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* 2023 preliminary and 2022 final data are compared.

** War refugees from Ukraine are included in the 2023 monthly statistics.

In II quarter 2023, average gross mounthly earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises included) totalled EUR 1,987.8 and, against I quarter 2023, increased by 2 per cent.

In II quarter 2023 average net monthly earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises included) amounted to EUR 1,234.1 and, compared to I quarter 2023, increased by 1.9 per cent.

In II quarter 2023, against I quarter 2023, real earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises included) increased by 1.4 per cent.

In II quarter 2023, against the same quarter of 2022, labour costs per hour worked in industrial, construction and service enterprises (individual enterprises included), calendar adjusted, increased by 12.5 per cent, of which in business enterprises – 12.7 per cent.

In September 2023 the minimum monthly wage is EUR 840, the minimum hourly pay – EUR 5.14.

In II quarter 2023, against I quarter 2023, the average number of employees in the whole economy (individual enterprises excluded) increased by 7,409 employees (0.6 per cent): in the public sector increased by 1,030 (0.3 per cent), in the private sector increased by 6,378 (0.7 per cent).