Business in Lithuania (edition 2020)

Foreign direct investment

 

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As of 31 December 2019, foreign direct investment (FDI) in Lithuania equalled EUR 18.6 billion and, against the respective period in 2018, increased by 9.5 per cent; in the Capital region – by 11.6, in the Central and Western Lithuania region – 4.2 per cent.

The Capital region attracted 72.1 per cent of the total FDI (Vilnius City Municipality – 95.1 per cent of the total region FDI), the Central and Western Lithuania region – 27.9 per cent. (Kaunas City Municipality – 24.1 per cent, Klaipėda City Municipality – 21.2 per cent).

FDI per capita increased by 9.5 per cent and represented on average EUR 6.6 thousand. FDI per capita in the Capital region amounted to EUR 16.3 thousand, in the Central and Western Lithuania region – EUR 2.6 thousand.


FDI per capita by county, 2019

At the end of the year, EUR

Created with Highcharts 6.1.4TotalEUR 6,644Vilnius countyEUR 16,321Vilnius countyEUR 16,321Klaipėda countyEUR 4,609Klaipėda countyEUR 4,609Telšiai countyEUR 3,928Telšiai countyEUR 3,928Kaunas countyEUR 3,193Kaunas countyEUR 3,193Panevėžys countyEUR 1,881Panevėžys countyEUR 1,881Šiauliai countyEUR 1,547Šiauliai countyEUR 1,547Utena countyEUR 1,443Utena countyEUR 1,443Alytus countyEUR 1,349Alytus countyEUR 1,349Marijampolė countyEUR 1,079Marijampolė countyEUR 1,079Tauragė countyEUR 838Tauragė countyEUR 838

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

 

The largest investment in the Capital region was made by Swedish (21.6 per cent of the total FDI), Estonian (19.1 per cent), Dutch (17.3 per cent) and Cypriot (6.4 per cent) investors, while in the Central and Western Lithuania region – Polish (13.7 per cent), German (12.2 per cent) and Danish (11.7 per cent).


FDI by main investing countries, 2019
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

18,563.7

13,391.5

5,172.3

180.9

1,797.2

1,474.8

147.5

397.3

404.3

76.9

513.1

180.4

Sweden

3,110.4

2,892.9

217.5

3.2

99.9

41.6

30.9

8.9

28.0

0.8

1.9

2.2

Estonia

2,764.2

2,558.0

206.2

25.1

76.6

78.0

14.8

42.1

24.6

●

–57.6

●

Netherlands

2,606.2

2,322.5

283.7

●

220.3

5.3

●

8.3

14.3

9.3

22.3

1.6

Germany

1,376.8

743.5

633.3

0.9

330.3

147.5

15.7

43.2

80.9

7.8

1.4

5.7

Cyprus

1,312.8

856.7

456.2

●

17.7

421.7

6.2

●

–

–

4.8

●

Poland

1,059.5

352.5

707.1

38.9

83.2

27.7

●

0.0

1.9

●

553.4

1.9

Denmark

776.6

172.7

603.9

17.2

101.2

240.0

40.7

81.7

81.1

28.4

12.8

0.8

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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 4.7 billion), real estate activities (EUR 2 billion), wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycle (EUR 1.7 billion), as well as professional, scientific and technical (EUR 1.4 billion) enterprises, while in the Central and Western Lithuania region – manufacturing (EUR 2.5 billion), real estate activities (EUR 563.6 million) and wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycle (EUR 472 million).

For further terms, see the Dictionary of Statistical Terms.