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2007/2008 Human Development Report

Lithuania
HDI Rank - 43
ExcelCountry Factsheet

01. Human development index
Human development index value, 20050.862
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 200572.5
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-200599.61
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 200591.4
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 200514,494
Life expectancy index0.792
Education index0.965
GDP index0.831
GDP per capita (PPP US$) rank minus HDI rank3
1a. Basic indicators for other UN member states
Life expectancy at birth, annual estimates (years), 2000-0572.5
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-200599.6
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education (%), 200591.4
GDP per capita (PPP US$), 200514,494
Population, total (thousands), 20043,425
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-051.3
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 20059
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 200489
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 20050.2 [0.1–0.6]
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002/04..
Population using an improved water source (%), 2004..
02. Human development index trends
Human development index (trends), 1975..
Human development index (trends), 1980..
Human development index (trends), 1985..
Human development index (trends), 19900.827
Human development index (trends), 19950.791
Human development index (trends), 20000.831
Human development index (trends), 20050.862
03. Human and income poverty: developing countries
Human poverty index (HPI-1) rank..
Human Poverty Index (HPI-1) value (%)..
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 40 (% of cohort), 2000-055.7
Adult illiteracy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-20051.02
Population not using an improved water source (%), 2004..
Children underweight for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005..
Population living below $1 a day (%), 1990-2005..
Population living below $2 a day (%), 1990-20057.8
Population living below the national poverty line (%), 1990-2004..2
HPI-1 rank minus income poverty rank..
04. Human and income poverty: OECD countries, Central and Eastern Europe and the CIS
Human poverty index (HPI-2) rank..
Human poverty index (HPI-2) value (%)..
Probability at birth of not surviving to age 60 (% of cohort), 2000-0520.0
Population lacking functional literacy skills (% aged 16-65), 1994-2003..
Long-term unemployment (% of labour force), 2006..
Population living below 50% of median income (%), 2000-2004..2
Population living below $11 a day (1994 PPP US$), 1994-95..
Population living below $4 a day (1990 PPP US$), 2000-0436.02
HPI-2 rank minus income poverty rank..
05. Demographic trends
Population, total (millions), 19753.3
Population, total (millions), 20053.4
Population, total (millions), 20153.3
Population, annual growth rate (%), 1975-20050.1
Population, annual growth rate (%), 2005-15- 0.5
Population, urban (% of total population), 197555.7
Population, urban (% of total population), 200566.6
Population, urban (% of total population), 201566.8
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 200516.8
Population under age 15 (% of total population), 201514.0
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 200515.3
Population aged 65 and older (% of total population), 201516.8
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 1970-752.3
Fertility rate, total (births per woman), 2000-051.3
06. Commitment to health: resources, access and services
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20044.9
Private expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20041.6
Health expenditure per capita (PPP US$), 2004843
One-year-olds fully immunized against tuberculosis (%), 200599
One-year-olds fully immunized against measles (%), 200597
Children with diarrhoea receiving oral rehydration and continued feeding (% under age 5), 1998-2005..
Contraceptive prevalence rate (% of married women aged 15-49), 1997-2005473
Births attended by skilled health personnel (%), 1997-2005100
Physicians (per 100,000 people), 2000-043972
07. Water, sanitation and nutritional status
Population using improved sanitation (%), 1990..
Population using improved sanitation (%), 2004..
Population using an improved water source (%), 1990..
Population using an improved water source (%), 2004..
Population undernourished (% of total population), 1990-9244
Population undernourished (% of total population), 2002-04..
Children under weight for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005..
Children under height for age (% under age 5), 1996-2005..2
Infants with low birthweight (%), 1998-20054
08. Inequalities in maternal and child health
Survey year for inequality data in table 8..
Births attended by skilled health personnel, poorest 20% (%)..
Births attended by skilled health personnel, richest 20% (%)..
One-year-olds fully immunized, poorest 20% (%)..
One-year-olds fully immunized, richest 20% (%)..
Children under height for age, poorest 20% (% children under age 5)..
Children under height for age, richest 20% (% children under age 5)..
Infant mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Infant mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Under-five mortality rate, poorest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
Under-five mortality rate, richest 20% (per 1,000 live births)..
09. Leading global health crises and risks
HIV prevalence (% aged 15-49), 20050.2 [0.1–0.6]
Condom use at last high-risk sex, women (% aged 15-24), 1999-2005..
Condom use at last high-risk sex, men (% aged 15-24), 1999-2005..
Children under age 5 using insecticide-treated bednets (%), 1999-2005..
Children under age 5 with fever treated with antimalarial drugs (%), 1999-2005..
Tuberculosis cases, prevalence (per 100,000 people), 200563
Tuberculosis cases detected under DOTS (%), 2005100
Tuberculosis cases cured under DOTS (%), 200372
Prevalence of smoking, women (% of adults), 2002-04132
Prevalence of smoking, men (% of adults), 2002-04442
10. Survival: progress and setbacks
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 1970-7571.3
Life expectancy at birth, quinquennial estimates (years), 2000-0572.1
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 197023
Infant mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 20057
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 197028
Under-five mortality rate (per 1,000 live births), 20059
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, female (% of cohort), 2000-0585.6
Probability at birth of surviving to age 65, male (% of cohort), 2000-0560.0
Maternal mortality ratio, reported (per 100,000 live births), 1990-20043
Maternal mortality ratio, adjusted (per 100,000 live births), 2000112
11. Commitment to education: public spending
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 19915.5
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-055.2
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 199120.6
Public expenditure on education (% of total government expenditure), 2002-0515.6
Current public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, pre-primary and primary (as % of all levels), 2002-0528
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, secondary (% of all levels), 2002-0552
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 1991..
Current public expenditure on education, tertiary (% of all levels), 2002-0520
12. Literacy and enrolment
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1985-199598.4
Adult literacy rate (% aged 15 and older), 1995-200599.6
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1985-199599.7
Youth literacy rate (% aged 15-24), 1995-200599.7
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 1991..
Net primary enrolment rate (%), 200589
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 1991..
Net secondary enrolment rate (%), 200591
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 1991..
Children reaching grade 5 (% of grade 1 students), 2004..
Tertiary students in science, engineering, manufacturing and construction (% of tertiary students), 1999-200525
13. Technology: diffusion and creation
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 1990211
Telephone mainlines (per 1,000 people), 2005235
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 19900
Cellular subscribers (per 1,000 people), 20051,275
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 19900
Internet users (per 1,000 people), 2005358
Patents granted to residents (per million peole), 200521
Receipts of royalties and license fees (US$ per person), 20050.6
Research and development expenditure (% of GDP), 2000-20050.76
Researchers in R&D (per million people), 1990-20052,136
14. Economic performance
GDP (current US$ billions), 200525.6
GDP, PPP (current international $ billions), 200549.5
GDP per capita (US$), 20057,505
GDP per capita, PPP (2005 international $), 200514,494
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1975-20051.95
GDP per capita, annual growth rate (%), 1990-20051.9
GDP per capita, highest value (2005 PPP US$), 1975-200514,4945
GDP per capita, year of highest value2005
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 1990-200514.6
Consumer price index, average annual change in (%), 2004-052.7
15. Inequality in income or expenditure
Survey Year20036
Share of income or consumption, poorest 10% (%)2.7
Share of income or consumption, poorest 20% (%)6.8
Share of income or consumption, richest 20% (%)43.2
Share of income or consumption, richest 10% (%)27.7
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 10% to poorest 10%10.4
Inequality measures, ratio of richest 20% to poorest 20%6.3
Gini index36.0
16. Structure of trade
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 199061
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP), 200565
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 199052
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP), 200558
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 1990387
Primary exports (% of merchandise exports), 200544
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 1990597
Manufactured exports (% of merchandise exports), 200556
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 19900.47
High-technology exports (% of manufactured exports), 20056.1
Terms of trade (2000=100), 2004-2005..
17. OECD-DAC country expenditures on aid
Official development assistance, net disbursed (US$ millions), 2005..
Official development assistance, net disbursed (% of GNI), 1990..
Official development assistance, net disbursed (% of GNI), 2005..
Official development assistance per capita of donor country (2005 US$), 1990..
Official development assistance per capita of donor country (2005 US$), 2005..
Official development assistance to least developed countries (% of total), 1990..
Official development assistance to least developed countries (% of total), 2005..
Official development assistance to basic social services (% of total allocable by sector), 1996-1997..
Official development assistance to basic social services (% of total allocable by sector), 2004-2005..
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total), 1990..
Untied bilateral ODA (% of total), 2005..
18. Flows of aid, private capital and debt
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (US$ millions), 2005..
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) per capita (US$), 2005..
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 1990..
Official development assistance received (net disbursements) (% of GDP), 2005..
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 1990..
Foreign direct investment, net inflows (% of GDP), 20054.0
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 19900
Private flows, other (% of GDP), 20050.4
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 1990..
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 200510.1
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 1990..
Debt service, total (% of exports of goods, services and net income from abroad), 200516.5
19. Priorities in public spending
Public expenditure on health (% of GDP), 20044.9
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 19915.5
Public expenditure on education (% of GDP), 2002-055.2
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 1990..
Military expenditure (% of GDP), 20051.2
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 1990..
Debt service, total (% of GDP), 200510.1
20. Unemployment in OECD countries
Unemployed people (thousands), 2006..
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 2006..
Unemployment rate, average annual (% of labour force), 1996-2006..
Unemployment rate Female (% of male rate), 2006..
Youth unemployment rate, total (% of labour force aged 15-24), 2006..
Youth unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 2006..
Long-term unemployment, women (% of total unemployment), 2006..
Long-term unemployment, men (% of total unemployment), 2006..
21. Unemployment and informal sector work in non-OECD countries
Unemployed people (thousands), 1996-2005133
Unemployment rate Total (% of labour force), 1996-20058.3
Unemployment rate (female rate as % of male rate), 1996-2005101
Employment, total (thousands), 1996-20051,474
Employment in agriculture (% of total employment), 1996-200514
Employment in industry (% of total employment), 1996-200529
Employment in services (% of total employment), 1996-200557
Survey year, 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, both sexes (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, female (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
Employment in non-agricultural informal sector, male (% of non-agricultural employment), 1990-2004..
22. Energy and the environment
Electricity consumption per capita (kilowatt-hours), 20043,505
Electricity consumption per capita (% change), 1990-2004..
Electrification rate (%)..
Population without electricity (millions)..
GDP per unit of energy use (2000 PPP US$ per kg of oil equivalent), 20044.5
GDP per unit of energy use (% change), 1990-20040.6
Forest area (% total land), 200533.5
Forest area (thousand sq km), 200521.0
Forest area change from 1990-2005 (thousand sq km), 1990-20051.5
Forest area, average annual change (%), 1990-20050.5
23. Energy sources
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 199016.2
Total primary energy supply (TPES) (Mt of oil equivalent), 20058.6
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 19904.9
Coal (% of total primary energy supply), 20052.3
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 199042.2
Oil (% of total primary energy supply), 200529.1
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 199028.9
Gas (% of total primary energy supply), 200528.8
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 19900.7
Hydro, solar, wind and geothermal power (% of total primary energy supply), 20052.4
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 19901.8
Biomass and waste (% of total primary energy supply), 20058.3
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 199027.8
Nuclear power (% of total primary energy supply), 200531.9
24. Carbon dioxide emissions and stocks
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 199021.48
CO2 emissions, total (Mt CO2), 200413.3
CO2 emissions, average annual change in (%), 1990-2004- 3.19
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 19900.18
CO2 emissions (% of world total), 2004(.)
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 19905.78
CO2 emissions per capita (tonnes), 20043.8
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 19901.928
Carbon intensity of energy (kt CO2 per kt of oil equivalent), 20041.45
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 19900.678
Carbon intensity of growth ( kt CO2 per million 2000 PPP US$), 20040.32
CO2 emissions/sequestration from forests (Mt CO2 per year), 1990-2005- 6.3
Carbon stocks in forests (living biomass) (Mt C), 2005128.9
25. Status of major international environmental treaties
Status of environmental treaties - Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (year of ratification/signature)2003
Status of environmental treaties - Framework Convention on Climate Change (year of ratification/signature)1995
Status of environmental treaties - Kyoto Protocol to the Framework Convention on Climate Change (year of ratification/signature)2003
Status of environmental treaties - Convention on Biological Diversity (year of ratification/signature)1996
Status of environmental treaties - Vienna Convention for the protection of the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature), 19881995
Status of environmental treaties - Montreal Protocol on Substances that deplete the Ozone Layer (year of ratification/signature)1995
Status of environmental treaties - Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (year of ratification/signature), 20012006
Status of environmental treaties - UN Law of the Sea (year of ratification/signature)2003
Status of environmental treaties - UN Convention to Combat Desertification in those Countries Experiencing Serious Drought and/or Desertification, Particularly in Africa (year of ratification/signature)2003
26. Refugees and armaments
Internally displaced people (thousands), 2006..
Refugees by country of asylum (thousands), 20061
Refugees by country of origin (thousands), 20061
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 199615
Conventional arms transfers, imports (1990 US$ millions), 200633
Conventional arms transfers, exports (1990 US$ millions), 20060
Conventional arms transfers, exports (% of world total), 2002-06(.)
Armed forces (thousands), 200712
Armed forces, index (1985=100), 2007..
27. Crime and justice
Homicides (per 100,000 people), 2000-20049.4
Prison population total, 20078124
Prison population (per 100,000 people), 2007240
Prison population (% female), 20073
Year in which countries have partially or completely abolished the death penalty1998
28. Gender-related development index
Gender-related development index (GDI) rank, 200538
Gender-related development index (GDI) value, 20050.861
Life expectancy at birth, female (years), 200578.0
Life expectancy at birth, male (years), 200566.9
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 200599.610
Adult literacy rate, male (% aged 15 and older), 200599.610
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, female (%) , 200597
Combined gross enrolment ratio for primary, secondary and tertiary education, male (%) , 200587
Estimated earned income, female (PPP US$), 200512,000
Estimated earned income, male (PPP US$), 200517,349
HDI rank minus GDI rank, 20054
29. Gender empowerment measure
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) rank25
Gender empowerment measure (GEM) value0.669
Seats in parliament (% held by women)24.8
Legislators, senior officials and managers (% female), 1999-200543
Professional and technical workers (% female), 1994-200567
Ratio of estimated female to male earned income0.69
30. Gender inequality in education
Adult literacy rate, female (% aged 15 and older) , 200599.6
Adult literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 20051.00
Youth literacy rate, female (% aged 15-24), 200599.7
Youth literacy rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 20051.00
Net primary enrolment rate, female (%), 200589
Net primary enrolment rate (ratio of female rate to male rate), 20051.00
Gross primary enrolment ratio, female (%), 200595
Gross primary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio)1.00
Gross secondary enrolment ratio, female (%), 200596
Gross secondary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 20050.99
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio, female (%), 200593
Gross tertiary enrolment ratio (ratio of female ratio to male ratio), 20051.57
31. Gender inequality in economic activity
Economic activity rate, female (% aged 15 and older), 200551.7
Economic activity index (1990=100), female (aged 15 and older), 200587
Economic activity rate (female rate as % of male rate, aged 15 and older), 200582
Employment in agriculture, female (% of total female employment), 1995-200511
Employment in agriculture, male (% of total male employment), 1995-200417
Employment in industry, female (% of total female employment), 1995-200321
Employment in industry, male (% of total male employment), 1995-200337
Employment in services, female (% of total female employment), 1995-200368
Employment in services, male (% of total male employment), 1995-200346
Contributing family workers, women (% of total), 1995-200562
Contributing family workers, men (% of total), 1995-200438
33. Women’s political participation
Year women received right to vote1919
Year women received right to stand for election1919
Year first woman elected (E) or appointed (A) to parliament1920 A
Women in government at ministerial level (as % of total), 200515.4
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 1990..
Seats in lower house or single house (% held by women), 200724.8
Seats in upper house or senate (% held by women), 2007NA
34. Status of major international human rights instruments
Status of human rights instruments: International convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (year of ratification/signature), 19481996
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (year of ratification/signature), 19651998
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (year of ratification/signature), 19661991
Status of human rights instruments: International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (year of ratification/signature), 19661991
Status of human rights instruments: International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (year of ratification/signature), 19791994
Status of human rights instruments: Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (year of ratification/signature), 19841996
Status of human rights instruments: Convention on the Rights of the Child (year of ratification/signature), 19891992
35. Status of fundamental labour rights conventions
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 87 (year of ratification/signature)1994
Status of labour rights conventions: Freedom of association and collective bargaining - Convention 98 (year of ratification/signature)1994
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 29 (year of ratification/signature)1994
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of forced and compulsory labour - Convention 105 (year of ratification/signature)1994
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 100 (year of ratification/signature)1994
Status of labour rights conventions: Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation - Convention 111 (year of ratification/signature)1994
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 138 (year of ratification/signature)1998
Status of labour rights conventions: Abolition of child labour - Convention 182 (year of ratification/signature)2003

Notes:
1 - For purposes of calculating the HDI, a value of 99.0% was applied.
2 -
3 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
4 - Data refer to the period 1993/95.
5 - Data refer to a period shorter than that specified.
6 - Data refer to expenditure shares by percentiles of population, ranked by per capita expenditure.
7 - Data refer to the closest available year between 1988 and 1992.
8 - In cases where data for 1990 are not available, data for the closest year between 1991 and 1992 have been used.
9 - Refers to the 1992—2004 period.
10 - For the purpose of calculating the GDI, the female and male values appearing in this table were scaled downward to reflect the maximum values for adult literacy (99%), gross enrolment ratios (100%), and GDP per capita (40,000 (PPP US$)). For more details, see Technical note 1.

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