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Unemployment rate in Lithuania

How hard is it to have a job there?

Lithuania's unemployment rate is 6.73 % — #83 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

6.73%

Checked 8 Sept 2026Period 2025

Source: World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt)

Unemployment rate in Lithuania over time

17.81 %11.03 %4.25 %17.81 % · 20104.25 % · 20072000: 15.93 %2001: 16.84 %2002: 13.01 %2003: 12.87 %2004: 10.68 %2005: 8.32 %2006: 5.78 %2007: 4.25 %2008: 5.83 %2009: 13.79 %2010: 17.81 %2011: 15.39 %2012: 13.37 %2013: 11.77 %2014: 10.70 %2015: 9.12 %2016: 7.86 %2017: 7.07 %2018: 6.15 %2019: 6.25 %2020: 8.49 %2021: 7.11 %2022: 5.96 %2023: 6.84 %2024: 6.85 %2025: 6.73 %2000201220256.73 %
26 official observations, 2000 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#83 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
33 %
41 of 124 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.12 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
11.08 pp
peak 17.81 % in 2010
Full series
▼ 9.20 pp
since 2000

In Europe: #27 of 36vs median 5.25 %: +1.48 pp (worse)

Among 124 countries

6 of 124 countries between 0.78 % and 1.53 %6 of 124 countries between 1.53 % and 2.28 %12 of 124 countries between 2.28 % and 3.03 %16 of 124 countries between 3.03 % and 3.78 %7 of 124 countries between 3.78 % and 4.53 %15 of 124 countries between 4.53 % and 5.28 %14 of 124 countries between 5.28 % and 6.02 %7 of 124 countries between 6.02 % and 6.77 %6 of 124 countries between 6.77 % and 7.52 %2 of 124 countries between 7.52 % and 8.27 %10 of 124 countries between 8.27 % and 9.02 %3 of 124 countries between 9.02 % and 9.77 %3 of 124 countries between 9.77 % and 10.52 %2 of 124 countries between 10.52 % and 11.27 %3 of 124 countries between 11.27 % and 12.02 %1 of 124 countries between 12.02 % and 12.77 %1 of 124 countries between 12.77 % and 13.51 %2 of 124 countries between 13.51 % and 14.26 %1 of 124 countries between 14.26 % and 15.01 %2 of 124 countries between 15.01 % and 15.76 %1 of 124 countries between 16.51 % and 17.26 %4 of 124 countries between 18.01 % and 18.76 %median 5.23 %Lithuania: ahead of 33 % of the 124 countries with a published unemploymentLithuania 6.73 %0.78 %18.76 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 3.30 % and 8.30 %. Lithuania is ahead of 33 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryUnemploymentvs Lithuania
81 Latvia6.57 %−0.16 pp
82 Mozambique6.63 %−0.10 pp
83 Lithuania6.73 %—
84 Egypt6.78 %+0.05 pp
85 Costa Rica6.84 %+0.11 pp

Unemployment, share of the labour force (World Bank / ILO estimate).

How to read this figure

Share of the labour force without work but actively seeking it (World Bank / ILO harmonised estimate). People outside the labour force — students, carers, the discouraged — are not counted.

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