European ranking
4 / 30
No change compared with previous year
An editorial snapshot of country living conditions with trend, regional spread, and context links.
Latest value
ยท 2025
41.10% of people
EU 29.09 ยท +12.0 pp vs Europe
European ranking
4 / 30
No change compared with previous year
Recent trend
Open trendPopulation
2.9M
Country population ยท 2025
Measures the share of people living in households that cannot afford to meet an unexpected necessary financial expense from their available resources.
Lower values generally represent a more favorable situation.
Data source: Eurostat Inability to face unexpected financial expenses ilc_mdes04
ยท 2025 ยท 2 regions
Comparison of values across the country's regions for this indicator.
45.00
32.20
Lithuania performs less favourably than the European benchmark on Inability to face unexpected financial expenses, with a large gap. The trend context points to confirmed stability. The wider topic context points to broader pressure.
In Lithuania, Unexpected expenses stands clearly worse than the European benchmark: 41.1% versus 29.1% in 2025, a large gap of 12.0 percentage points.
In Lithuania, the medium-term pattern is broadly stable: the value moved from 41.80% in 2020 to 41.10% in 2025. The latest value also changes little from 41.30% in 2024, confirming the stable reading.
In Lithuania, the evidence for Poverty & Financial Vulnerability leans towards pressure compared with Europe; related indicators do not provide a sufficiently strong counter-signal. Material recent changes among related indicators lean towards deterioration and warrant monitoring.