Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania

Lithuania: Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.3096 in 2020. ▲ Rising

Latest (2020)
0.3096
Change on year
up 24.3%
World rank
36th
of 79 countries
All-time high
0.3096
in 2020
All-time low
0.1314
in 1996
Years of data
26
1995–2020

Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania, 1995–2020

00.10.20.31995200720201995: 0.1391996: 0.1311997: 0.1741998: 0.1641999: 0.1772000: 0.1842001: 0.1852002: 0.1962003: 0.1972004: 0.1932005: 0.1772006: 0.192007: 0.2152008: 0.2162009: 0.2212010: 0.2192011: 0.2262012: 0.2142013: 0.2132014: 0.2282015: 0.232016: 0.2322017: 0.2332018: 0.2392019: 0.2492020: 0.31

Source: International Monetary Fund.

Analysis

In 2020, social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania stood at 0.3096. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.

That represents a change of up 24.3% on the previous year and up 41.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania peaked at 0.3096 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1314, in 1996.

That places Lithuania 36th out of 79 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.

Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania, year by year

Annual values for Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government) in Lithuania, 1995 to 2020.
Year Value Change
1995 0.1389
1996 0.1314 -5.4%
1997 0.1739 +32.4%
1998 0.1637 -5.9%
1999 0.1767 +8.0%
2000 0.1842 +4.2%
2001 0.1849 +0.4%
2002 0.1965 +6.3%
2003 0.197 +0.3%
2004 0.1932 -1.9%
2005 0.1772 -8.3%
2006 0.1904 +7.4%
2007 0.2152 +13.0%
2008 0.216 +0.4%
2009 0.2207 +2.2%
2010 0.2189 -0.8%
2011 0.2256 +3.1%
2012 0.2145 -4.9%
2013 0.2134 -0.5%
2014 0.2285 +7.1%
2015 0.2296 +0.5%
2016 0.2325 +1.3%
2017 0.2327 +0.1%
2018 0.2393 +2.9%
2019 0.249 +4.1%
2020 0.3096 +24.3%

Lithuania compared with similar countries

  • Lithuania's 0.3096 is above the median for high income countries, which is 0.2134, 1.5× the median. (42 countries reporting)
  • Lithuania's 0.3096 is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.1767, 1.8× the median. (45 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1997 +32.4% 0.1314 0.1739

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.1569 0.1314 0.1767 5
2000s 0.1975 0.1772 0.2207 10
2010s 0.2284 0.2134 0.249 10
2020s 0.3096 0.3096 0.3096 1

Countries ranked near Lithuania

  1. 33 Mexico 0.3606 compare
  2. 34 Sweden 0.3571 compare
  3. 35 Cyprus 0.3531 compare
  4. 37 Romania 0.3072 compare
  5. 38 Honduras 0.2959 compare
  6. 39 Peru 0.2952 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania?
Social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania was 0.3096 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
What is the highest social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Lithuania?
The highest recorded value was 0.3096 in 2020.
What is the lowest social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Lithuania?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1314 in 1996.
How does Lithuania rank for social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
Lithuania ranks 36th out of 79 countries with data for 2020.
Is social benefits, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Lithuania?
Over the last ten years it is up 41.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Lithuania data come from?
The figures come from International Monetary Fund, published as part of Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Social benefits, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on this item to total general government expenditure on this, Percent (Central government)
Source
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Coverage
79 places, 1,532 data points, 1972–2020
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