{"version":1,"asset_type":"statistical_series","data_type":"time_series","slug":"lt-median-income","url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/lt-median-income","html_url":"https://apiardata.com/statistics/lt-median-income/","title":"Median Equivalised Net Income in Lithuania (2025)","description":"Lithuania's Median Equivalised Net Income: 13,982 EUR per person in 2025, +13.4% YoY, roughly 61.0% of the EU-27 average. 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Equivalised income adjusts household disposable income for household size and composition using the modified OECD scale, so the figure reflects typical per-person purchasing power rather than a raw household total."},{"question":"How does Lithuania's median income compare with the EU-27 average?","answer":"In 2025, Lithuania's median equivalised net income of 13,982 EUR was about 61.0% of the EU-27 average of 22,939 EUR, a gap of around 8,957 EUR. That gap has typically narrowed nearly every year since 2010, when Lithuania's ratio to the EU-27 average stood at roughly 27.8% — one of the more consistent convergence trajectories among central and eastern European economies."},{"question":"How much has Lithuania's median income grown since 2010?","answer":"Lithuania's median equivalised net income rose from 4,030 EUR in 2010 to 13,982 EUR in 2025 — a cumulative gain of roughly 247% over 15 years, more than tripling. Growth was typically in the high-single-digit to low-double-digit range annually, aside from a dip in 2011."},{"question":"Why did Lithuania's median income jump so sharply in 2020 and 2025?","answer":"Lithuania's median equivalised net income rose 13.4% in 2020 (from 7,586 EUR to 8,606 EUR) and again by roughly the same margin in 2025 (from 12,325 EUR to 13,982 EUR) — the two largest single-year gains in the 2010–2025 series. These likely reflect a combination of sustained minimum-wage increases and nominal wage growth, though because EU-SILC figures are denominated in current-year euros, part of each gain likely reflects nominal rather than real purchasing-power increases."},{"question":"Has Lithuania's income gap with the EU average been narrowing consistently?","answer":"Mostly, yes, with one notable exception. Lithuania's ratio to the EU-27 average dipped slightly from about 27.8% in 2010 to roughly 26.3% in 2011, as Lithuania's income fell 4.3% that year while the EU-27 average continued rising. In most years since 2012, though, Lithuania's income growth has outpaced the EU-27 average in percentage terms, and the ratio climbed steadily to 61.0% by 2025, consistent with the broader income-convergence pattern typically seen among Baltic economies since euro adoption in 2015."}]}