Environment
Lithuania
Climate
transitional, situated between maritime and continental climates; characterized by wet, temperate winters and summers
Land use
other
18.8% (2023 est.)
forest
35.3% (2023 est.)
agricultural land
45.9% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 36.8% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0.5% (2023 est.)
agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 8.6% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
urban population
68.7% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization
-0.12% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
Waste and recycling
municipal solid waste generated annually
1.315 million tons (2024 est.)
percent of municipal solid waste recycled
34.9% (2022 est.)
Environmental issues
water contamination; air contamination; deforestation; groundwater contamination due to chemicals and waste; soil deterioration and erosion
Total water withdrawal
municipal
136.78 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
industrial
87.96 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
agricultural
58.74 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
total emissions
12.877 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from consumed natural gas
2.887 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from coal and metallurgical coke
380,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
from petroleum and other liquids
9.61 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
11.5 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Total renewable water resources
24.5 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
International environmental agreements
party to
Air Pollution, Air Pollution-Heavy Metals, Air Pollution-Multi-effect Protocol, Air Pollution-Nitrogen Oxides, Air Pollution-Persistent Organic Pollutants, Air Pollution-Sulphur 85, Air Pollution-Sulphur 94, Air Pollution-Volatile Organic Compounds, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Tropical Timber 2006, Wetlands, Whaling
signed, but not ratified
none of the selected agreements