Key facts
*  Currency: the euro
*  GDP per capita:  $32,400 (2017 est)
*  Unemployment: 14.1% (Sept 2020)
*  Inflation: 0.7% (Sept 2020)

Assets and resources
*  Lithuania has a modern, well-developed infrastructure of railways, airports and four-lane highways.
*  Principal natural resources are agricultural land, peat and amber.

Industries and exports
*  Industries – machine tools, agricultural machinery, textiles, mineral products, foodstuffs, amber jewellery.
There has been a gradual shift towards knowledge economy – bio-technology, laser equipment, IT and mechatronics (meaning the combining of aspects of engineering - mechanical, electronic, computer, control engineering and systems design).

*  Exports – mineral products, machinery and equipment, chemicals, textiles
*  Export partners – Russia 15%, Latvia 9.9%, Poland 8.1%, Germany 7.3% (2017)