Republic of Lithuania: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Lithuania
IMF Staff Country Reports, September 17, 2025
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- Published: September 17, 2025
- Series: IMF Staff Country Reports
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229021487.002
Key findings on economic performance
- "Lithuania’s economy has proven resilient to multiple shocks in recent years and grew strongly in 2024."
- "Income convergence with other euro area countries has been stalling lately."
- "Productivity growth remains weak."
Fiscal and expenditure pressures
- "Defense spending is high and set to rise further, adding to other existing long-term spending pressures including from pensions."
- Publication metadata: Pages: 75; Volume: 2025; Issue: 258; Series: Country Report No. 2025/258; Stock No: 1LTUEA2025001; ISBN: 9798229021487; ISSN: 1934-7685; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9798229021487.002
Labor market and governance issues
- Subject tags included: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Crime, Defense spending, Expenditure, Labor, Labor markets.
- Keywords included: Anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT), Baltics, Cft effectiveness, Cft framework, Cft Law, Cft regime, Cft supervision, Defense spending, Europe, Global, Labor markets, MONEYVAL assessment.
Risks and external environment
- "The global economic environment remains highly uncertain."
Policy implications and priorities (as identified in the summary)
- "New challenges are emerging and long-standing issues still require attention."
- Implied priority areas from the summary: managing rising defense spending alongside pension and other long-term fiscal pressures; addressing stalled income convergence; strengthening productivity growth; responding to global economic uncertainty.
Republic of Lithuania: 2025 Article IV Consultation-Press Release; Staff Report; and Statement by the Executive Director for the Republic of Lithuania (IMF Staff Country Reports 2025, 258).
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