🇱🇹 Lithuania Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇱🇹 Lithuania LT / LTU #121

Nomad Score 66.0

Cities 10

Region European Union, Baltic States, Remote Work Friendly Countries, Coworking Hotspots, Europe, Europe, Northern Europe

Currency EUR

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary semi-presidential republic

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 65/100

Press Freedom (2025) 82.3/100 #14

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.786

Regional Blocs EU

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Homicide Rate (2023) 2.6/100k

Traffic Deaths (2019) 8.1/100k

Military Spending (2024) 3.1% of GDP

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary semi-presidential republic

Title	Name
President of Lithuania	Gitanas Nausėda
Prime Minister of Lithuania	Inga Ruginienė

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 65 / 100

Interpretation Low corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 82.3 / 100

Global Rank #14 / 180

Rank Change -1 vs previous year

RSF Zone UE Balkans

Political #17 80.8

Economic #15 68.8

Legal #18 83.2

Social #8 85.4

Safety #16 93.1

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.786

Liberal 0.712

Participatory 0.560

Deliberative 0.662

Egalitarian 0.686

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	82.3	14	80.8	68.8	83.2	85.4	93.1
2024	81.7	13	80.8	70.7	81.4	83.6	92.1
2023	86.8	7	88.0	77.7	84.5	89.4	94.3
2022	84.1	9	87.0	72.2	84.5	89.7	87.4
2021	79.9	28	-	-	-	-	100.0
2020	78.8	28	-	-	-	-	100.0
2019	77.9	30	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	77.8	36	-	-	-	-	100.0
2017	78.6	36	-	-	-	-	93.1
2016	80.1	35	-	-	-	-	78.0
2015	81.2	31	-	-	-	-	83.9
2014	80.8	32	-	-	-	-	-
2013	81.8	33	-	-	-	-	-
2012	4.0	31	-	-	-	-	-
2010	2.5	13	-	-	-	-	-
2009	2.3	10	-	-	-	-	-
2008	4.0	16	-	-	-	-	-
2007	7.0	23	-	-	-	-	-
2006	6.5	27	-	-	-	-	-
2005	4.5	21	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index