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Lithuania

The latest open data on emissions, energy and forests, compared with ten years earlier and with the world average.

In 2024, 4.4 tonnes of CO₂ per person were emitted on average, from fossil fuels and industry. The world average is 4.7.

Compared with 2014, the value has risen by 0%.

84% of electricity comes from renewables and nuclear (2024).

Forests cover 35.2% of the land (2023).

From 2001 to 2025, trees disappeared from 472,092 hectares: 20.2% of the area that was tree-covered in 2000.

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All indicators

Latest available value, ten-year change (green if it moves in the direction that lightens the load on the planet, red if the opposite) and the world average in the same year.

IndicatorLatest valueIn 10 yearsWorldSince 1990
Climate
CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year4.392024+0.014.73
Consumption-based CO₂ per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year7.192023+0.264.71
Greenhouse gases per person (incl. land use)tonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person (all greenhouse gases converted to CO₂)7.622024−0.276.67
Methane per persontonnes of CO₂ equivalent per person0.922024−0.491.16
CO₂ from deforestation and land use per persontonnes of CO₂ per person per year-0.2420240.000.56
Share of historical CO₂ emissions% of all CO₂ emitted worldwide since 17500.092024−0.01100.00
CO₂ imported (+) or exported (−) in goods% of the country's emissions64.02023+8.00.0
CO₂ per unit of GDPkg of CO₂ per dollar of wealth produced0.1522022−0.0760.288
CO₂ per km² of territorytonnes of CO₂ per km² per year1922024−5—
Energy
Primary energy per personkWh of energy per person per year24,0252023+2,58921,286
Fossil share of energy%76.62024−15.581.3
Renewable share of energy%23.42024+15.514.8
Electricity
Renewable share of electricity%84.32024+43.431.9
Low-carbon electricity (renewables and nuclear)%84.32024+43.440.9
Solar share of electricity%18.92024+17.06.9
Wind share of electricity%46.12024+28.88.1
Coal share of electricity%0.020240.034.1
Carbon intensity of electricitygrams of CO₂ equivalent per kWh of electricity1162024−169471
Green
Forest cover% of land covered by forest35.22023+0.4—

Trees and forests

Hectares where trees were cut or burned each year (areas with at least 30% canopy), from 2001 to 2025.

2001: 7,962 ha2002: 10,345 ha2003: 8,916 ha2004: 13,101 ha2005: 20,385 ha2006: 17,450 ha2007: 16,037 ha2008: 15,203 ha2009: 14,408 ha2010: 21,667 ha2011: 21,735 ha2012: 17,603 ha2013: 13,923 ha2014: 15,972 ha2015: 15,794 ha2016: 25,532 ha2017: 25,804 ha2018: 19,750 ha2019: 24,565 ha2020: 22,971 ha2021: 22,634 ha2022: 23,739 ha2023: 24,750 ha2024: 22,314 ha2025: 29,532 ha
200129,532 ha max2025

On average, from 2001 to 2025, the country's forests removed 15.4 million tonnes of CO₂ from the air each year and released 6.6 through logging and fires.

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Sources: Global Carbon Project, Energy Institute and Ember (via Our World in Data), FAO (via the World Bank), Global Forest Watch (University of Maryland and World Resources Institute). Details on the data page. Data