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In 2024, 68.4 per cent of infants under 3 months of age (10,949 persons) and 49 er cent of infants under 6 months of age (7,844 persons) were breastfed in Lithuania.

Construction input materials and articles price index forecast for May – 119.6.
In May 2024, against April, construction input materials and articles price index increased by 0.03 per cent. Over a year (May 2025, against May 2024), it decreased by 1.3 per cent.

In I quarter 2025, compared to IV quarter 2024, the largest price increase was observed in prices for other cleaning activities (12.9 per cent), media representation services (9.6 per cent), motion picture, video and television programme production, sound recording and music publishing activities (5.3 per cent), while the most significant decrease in prices was recorded for travel agency, tour operator, other reservation services and related services (12.8 per cent), computer equipment maintenance (11.3 per cent), and advertising agencies activities (9.1 per cent).

Over the year (in I quarter 2025, compared to I quarter 2024), the largest price increase was observed for air transport services (28.8 per cent), warehousing and storage services (22.2 per cent), media representation services (19.1 per cent). The biggest drop in prices was recorded for transportation via pipelines (20.3 per cent), computer equipment maintenance (18.1 per cent), and other postal and courier activities (12.7 per cent).

In 2024, about 3.7 thousand reports (registered cases) of violence against children were received (in 2023, 4 thousand), approximately 43 per cent of which – due to domestic violence.

In I quarter 2025, average gross monthly earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises included) totalled EUR 2,326.3 and, against IV quarter 2024, increased by 0.2 per cent.
In I quarter 2025, average net monthly earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises included) amounted to EUR 1,430.6 and, compared to IV quarter 2024, increased by 0.4 per cent.
In I quarter 2025, against IV quarter 2024, real earnings in the whole economy (individual enterprises included) decreased by 2.2 per cent.

In 2024, 677 people died from diseases directly related to alcohol consumption, and 471 people – from liver cirrhosis and fibrosis, which is a total of 74 more deaths than in 2023. Mortality rates per 100,000 population were as following: 23.4 – for alcohol-related diseases, and 16.3 – for liver cirrhosis and fibrosis. The mortality rate among men was 2.1 times higher than among women.
In 2024, 1,577 people died from smoking-related malignant neoplasms, which is 80 fewer than in 2023. There were 54.6 deaths per 100,000 population. The male mortality rate from these malignancies was 3.8 times higher than that of females.

Based on provisional data, at the beginning of June 2025, 2 million 892 thousand residents were living in Lithuania, which is by 1.5 thousand more than at the beginning of the 2025.

In May 2025, compared to May 2024*:

• the number of live births decreased by 113 babies (7 per cent) and stood at 1,503;
• the number of deaths decreased by 186 (6.1 per cent) and stood at 2,847;
• the number of marriages increased by 218 couple (17.8 per cent) and stood at 1,445;
• the number of divorces decreased by 75 couple (11.8 per cent) and stood at 563;
• the number of residents who emigrated from Lithuania decreased by 137 persons (7.2 per cent) and stood at 1.8 thousand;
• the number of persons who immigrated to Lithuania increased by 110 persons (2.7 per cent) and stood at 4.1 thousand**.

In May 2025, 44.7 per cent of immigrants were the citizens of the Republic of Lithuania who came back to Lithuania.

* 2025 preliminary and 2024 final data are compared.

** War refugees from Ukraine are included in the 2025 monthly statistics.

In I quarter 2025, compared to the same period in 2024, cargo transport by all modes of transport increased by 5.5 per cent, the turnover of cargo transport decreased by 0.8 per cent.