Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania
Lithuania: Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on was 0.3593 in 2020. ▲ Rising
Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania, 1995–2020
Source: International Monetary Fund.
Analysis
Lithuania recorded 0.3593 for social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in 2020. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 20.2% on the previous year and up 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania peaked at 0.3593 in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1527, in 2001.
Lithuania ranks 40th of 60 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Social protection, Ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 0.2476 | — |
| 1996 | 0.2315 | -6.5% |
| 1997 | 0.2336 | +0.9% |
| 1998 | 0.185 | -20.8% |
| 1999 | 0.184 | -0.6% |
| 2000 | 0.1852 | +0.7% |
| 2001 | 0.1527 | -17.6% |
| 2002 | 0.186 | +21.8% |
| 2003 | 0.1713 | -7.9% |
| 2004 | 0.1706 | -0.4% |
| 2005 | 0.175 | +2.6% |
| 2006 | 0.2336 | +33.5% |
| 2007 | 0.2469 | +5.7% |
| 2008 | 0.258 | +4.5% |
| 2009 | 0.2598 | +0.7% |
| 2010 | 0.2568 | -1.2% |
| 2011 | 0.2631 | +2.5% |
| 2012 | 0.2496 | -5.1% |
| 2013 | 0.2473 | -0.9% |
| 2014 | 0.2551 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 0.278 | +9.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2793 | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.2802 | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 0.2817 | +0.6% |
| 2019 | 0.2989 | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 0.3593 | +20.2% |
Lithuania compared with similar countries
- Lithuania's 0.3593 is below the median for high income countries, which is 0.4018, 89% of the median. (36 countries reporting)
- Lithuania's 0.3593 is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 0.4609, 78% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Social protection, 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +33.5% | 0.175 | 0.2336 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2163 | 0.184 | 0.2476 | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.2039 | 0.1527 | 0.2598 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.269 | 0.2473 | 0.2989 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3593 | 0.3593 | 0.3593 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Lithuania
More public sector data for Lithuania
- Arms imports 51.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per capita 17.66 SIPRI trend indicator values per person (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per unit of GDP 0.0006 SIPRI trend indicator values per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), annual growth rate -54.05 % change on previous year (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), gaps filled 51.00 million SIPRI trend indicator values (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per capita 909.7 current USD per person (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), per unit of GDP 0.0307 current USD per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), annual growth rate 21.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Military expenditure (current USD), gaps filled 2.63 billion current USD (2024)
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values), per square kilometre 1,773 SIPRI trend indicator values per square kilometre (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania?
- Social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on in Lithuania was 0.3593 in 2020, according to International Monetary Fund.
- What is the highest social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3593 in 2020.
- What is the lowest social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1527 in 2001.
- How does Lithuania rank for social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on?
- Lithuania ranks 40th out of 60 countries with data for 2020.
- Is social protection, ratio of this level of government's expenditure on rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.9%. 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 protection, 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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The Fiscal Decentralization dataset includes fiscal decentralization indicators for a sample of IMF member countries. The following indicators are included in the dataset: Revenue and Expenditure Decentralization Shares; Transfer dependency and Vertical Fiscal Imbalances; Deficit and Debt; Allocation of expenditure (economic classification); Allocation of expenditure (functional classification); Allocation of non-Tax Revenues; and Allocation of Taxes.