Lithuania — Unemployment
Unemployment Rate for Lithuania, 1991–2025.
Unemployment for Lithuania was 6.73% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 35 years, from 1991 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 17.81% in 2010. The lowest was 1.10% in 1991 (about 6.1× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 5.47% per year.
Lithuania ranks 66 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 35%. The median for Europe & Central Asia is 5.58%, so Lithuania sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 62% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 26%. Within Europe & Central Asia it ranks 17 of 49 economies; Latvia (6.57%) is just below it. Its sharpest one-year move was up 1050% in 1993. That is 6% below this series' own ten-year average.
Data highlights
From its 1991 level: doubled by 1993; grown tenfold by 1993. Doubling roughly every 13 years at that pace.
World ranking. Climbed: 175th of 187 in 1991 → 23rd of 187 in 2000 → 20th of 187 in 2010 → 66th of 187 in 2020 → 61st of 182 in 2025.
Key figures
Full history — 1991 to 2025
| Year | % of total labor force | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6.73% | -0.1 pp |
| 2024 | 6.85% | +0.0 pp |
| 2023 | 6.84% | +0.9 pp |
| 2022 | 5.96% | -1.2 pp |
| 2021 | 7.11% | -1.4 pp |
| 2020 | 8.49% | +2.2 pp |
| 2019 | 6.26% | +0.1 pp |
| 2018 | 6.15% | -0.9 pp |
| 2017 | 7.07% | -0.8 pp |
| 2016 | 7.86% | -1.3 pp |
| 2015 | 9.12% | -1.6 pp |
| 2014 | 10.7% | -1.1 pp |
| 2013 | 11.77% | -1.6 pp |
| 2012 | 13.37% | -2.0 pp |
| 2011 | 15.39% | -2.4 pp |
| 2010 | 17.81% | +4.0 pp |
| 2009 | 13.79% | +8.0 pp |
| 2008 | 5.83% | +1.6 pp |
| 2007 | 4.25% | -1.5 pp |
| 2006 | 5.78% | -2.5 pp |
| 2005 | 8.32% | -2.4 pp |
| 2004 | 10.68% | -2.2 pp |
| 2003 | 12.87% | -0.1 pp |
| 2002 | 13.01% | -3.8 pp |
| 2001 | 16.84% | +0.9 pp |
| 2000 | 15.93% | +2.5 pp |
| 1999 | 13.39% | -0.3 pp |
| 1998 | 13.71% | -0.4 pp |
| 1997 | 14.13% | -2.3 pp |
| 1996 | 16.4% | -1.1 pp |
| 1995 | 17.54% | +3.7 pp |
| 1994 | 13.8% | +0.0 pp |
| 1993 | 13.8% | +12.6 pp |
| 1992 | 1.2% | +0.1 pp |
| 1991 | 1.1% | — |
Frequently asked questions
What was Lithuania’s Unemployment in 1992?
1.2% (1992). The full year-by-year table above lists every published year, most recent first.
Are changes in this series measured in percentage points?
Yes. The series is a share expressed in % of total labor force, so year-over-year movements in the Change column are percentage points (pp), not percent.
Is Lithuania’s Unemployment growing or shrinking?
Between 1991 and 2025 the series was growing overall: +511.9% in total — about 5.5% a year compounded.
Where does this data come from?
World Bank Open Data (CC BY-4.0), indicator SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS. Values are reproduced as published; this page only computes summary statistics such as change, CAGR and extremes.
What are the most recent published figures?
The last five published years: 2025: 6.73%; 2024: 6.85%; 2023: 6.84%; 2022: 5.96%; 2021: 7.11%. Earlier years are in the full-history table below.
Related data
SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS — Unemployment Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.