LITHUANIA

TABLE 1. POPULATION INFORMATION

1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Average per year, thousand 3697.8 3629.1 3499.5 3414.3 3394.1 3375.6 3358.1 3339.4 3286.8
Density, person/km2 56.7 55.7 53.7 52.4 52.1 51.8 51.5 51.2 50.4
Growth rates, %   -0.77 -0.70 -0.62 -0.59 -0.55 -0.52 -0.56 -1.58

TABLE 2. GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT

1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
At current prices, mln. LTL 134.1 26924.5 45736.8 72060.4 82792.8 98669.1 111482.6 91525.9 94625.3
At current prices, mln. EUR   5206.1 12364.6 20870.1 23978.5 28576.6 32287.6 26507.7 27405.4
At current prices, mln. USD   6731.1 11434.2 25971.4 30092.3 39107.9 74300.5 36864.0 36300.8
Chain linked volume, mln. LTL   36804.6 45736.8 66558.6 71779.9 78842.9 81151.0 69187.9 70108.3
GDP growth rate     3.3 7.8 7.8 9.8 2.9 -14.7 1.3

TABLE 3 AND CHANGES IN THE STATUS OF GROSS VALUE ADDED BY SECTORS – IN TABLE 4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS RATHER BALANCED DURING THE PERIOD 2000-2008 AND ALL MAJOR SECTORS WERE GROWING, BUT THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC RECESSION DURING LAST TWO YEARS WAS THE STRONGEST ON ACTIVITIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. FASTER GROWTH OF THE LITHUANIAN ECONOMY SINCE 2000 WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STRUCTURAL CHANGES – THE SHARE OF INDUSTRY HAS INCREASED FROM 23.8% IN 2000 TILL 25.3% IN 2005 BUT WAS DECREASING DURING LAST FEW YEARS TILL 20.0% IN 2010. ONE CAN STATE FASTEST INCREASE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR (ITS SHARE INCREASED FROM 6.0% IN 2000 TO 10.2% IN 2007) BUT VERY LARGE REDUCTION – TO 5.2% IN 2010. ONE CAN SEE STABLE REDUCTION OF CONTRIBUTION FROM AGRICULTURE AND A TENDENCY OF INCREASING SHARE OF COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC SERVICES WITH THE HIGHEST PORTION OF 57.6% IN 2010.

  1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
At current prices, LTL 7419 13070 21105 24393 29230 33198 27408 28789
At current prices, EUR 1435 3533 6113 7065 8466 9615 7938 8338
At current prices, USD 1855 3267 7607 8866 11585 22126 11039 11044
Chain linked volume, LTL 10142 13070 19494 21148 23357 24166 20719 21330

TABLE 3 AND CHANGES IN THE STATUS OF GROSS VALUE ADDED BY SECTORS – IN TABLE 4. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT WAS RATHER BALANCED DURING THE PERIOD 2000-2008 AND ALL MAJOR SECTORS WERE GROWING, BUT THE IMPACT OF ECONOMIC RECESSION DURING LAST TWO YEARS WAS THE STRONGEST ON ACTIVITIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR. FASTER GROWTH OF THE LITHUANIAN ECONOMY SINCE 2000 WAS ACCOMPANIED BY STRUCTURAL CHANGES – THE SHARE OF INDUSTRY HAS INCREASED FROM 23.8% IN 2000 TILL 25.3% IN 2005 BUT WAS DECREASING DURING LAST FEW YEARS TILL 20.0% IN 2010. ONE CAN STATE FASTEST INCREASE OF ACTIVITIES IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR (ITS SHARE INCREASED FROM 6.0% IN 2000 TO 10.2% IN 2007) BUT VERY LARGE REDUCTION – TO 5.2% IN 2010. ONE CAN SEE STABLE REDUCTION OF CONTRIBUTION FROM AGRICULTURE AND A TENDENCY OF INCREASING SHARE OF COMMERCIAL AND PUBLIC SERVICES WITH THE HIGHEST PORTION OF 57.6% IN 2010.

  1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Industry 24.5 23.8 25.3 24.1 22.4 21.6 20.5 20.0
Construction 7.0 6.0 7.5 8.8 10.2 10.0 6.4 5.2
Agriculture 11.0 6.3 4.8 4.3 3.9 3.7 3.4 3.1
Transport 8.4 12.2 12.7 12.7 12.8 12.2 13.8 14.1
Commercial and public services 49.2 51.6 49.6 50.1 50.7 52.5 55.9 57.6

TABLE 5. OIL AND OIL PRODUCTS WERE OVER SEVERAL DECADES THE MOST IMPORTANT FUELS IN LITHUANIA. HOWEVER, SINCE 1990 THEIR SHARE IN THE PRIMARY ENERGY BALANCE HAS BEEN FLUCTUATING IN COMPARATIVELY LARGE RANGE – FROM 44.2% IN 1991 TO 25.6% IN 2003 WITH CLEAR TENDENCY OF REDUCED ROLE OF HEAVY OIL PRODUCTS DUE TO DECREASING CONSUMPTION OF HEAVY FUEL OIL FOR PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY AND DISTRICT HEAT. DURING THE PERIOD 2003-2008 CONTRIBUTION OF OIL PRODUCTS INTO THE PRIMARY ENERGY BALANCE WAS INCREASING DUE TO GROWTH IN CONSUMPTION OF MOTOR FUEL, AND IN 2008 IT WAS EQUAL TO 31.7%. HOWEVER, IN 2009, DUE TO SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF MOTOR FUEL CONSUMPTION, SHARE OF OIL PRODUCTS DECREASED TO 29.3%.

  1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Indigenous resources 0.421 0.573 0.791 0.940 0.977 1.043 1.060 1.098
Nuclear energy 4.439 3.081 2.194 2.694 2.255 2.562 2.578 2.828
Coal 0.782 0.226 0.089 0.188 0.261 0.248 0.2092 0.156
Natural gas 4.679 2.029 2.064 2.477 2.455 2.892 2.596 2.182
Oil products 6.848 3.024 2.169 2.692 2.691 2.727 2.9557 2.496
Electricity export -1.030 -0.230 -0.115 -0.255 -0.037 -0.118 -0.082 -0.252
Total 16.138 8.702 7.191 8.735 8.600 9.354 9.317 8.508

TABLE 6). ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION WAS INCREASING IN ALL SECTORS OF THE NATIONAL ECONOMY (FIG. 4 AND FIG.5). THE HIGHEST GROWTH RATES DURING THE PERIOD 2000-2008 WERE IN THE SERVICES SECTOR (7.1%) AND IN HOUSEHOLDS (5.6%). ELECTRICITY CONSUMPTION WAS GROWING COMPARATIVELY SLOWLY IN THE INDUSTRY AND CONSTRUCTION (2.5%) AND IN PARTICULAR IN AGRICULTURE (0.6%). IN 2009, DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION THE TOTAL FINAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND DECREASED BY 7.4%, INCLUDING ITS REDUCTION IN THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR BY 20.4%, IN MANUFACTURING BY 12.7%, THE SERVICES SECTOR BY 8.8%, BUT IN HOUSEHOLDS REDUCTION ELECTRICITY DEMAND WAS NEGLIGIBLE.

Final electricity consumption, TWh
  1990 1995 2000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Industry 5.202 2.624 2.188 2.716 2.810 2.950 2.665 2.327
Construction 0.258 0.081 0.106 0.117 0.123 0.131 0.130 0.103
Agriculture 2.697 0.521 0.188 0.193 0.197 0.207 0.197 0.183
Transport 0.120 0.096 0.076 0.104 0.091 0.070 0.083 0.077
Households 1.762 1.543 1.767 2.141 2.350 2.464 2.730 2.726
Trade and services 1.971 1.490 1.872 2.707 2.860 3.037 3.240 2.955
Total 12.010 6.355 6.197 7.977 8.431 8.859 9.043 8.371

TABLE 7. STATUS AND PERFORMANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS

Station Types Net
Capacity		 Operator Status Reactor
Supplier		 Criticality Construction
Date		 Grid
Date		 Commercial
Date		 Shutdown
Date		 UCF
for
year
2011
IGNALINA-1 LWGR 1185 Permanent Shutdown INPP MAEP 1977-05-01 1983-10-04 1983-12-31 1984-05-01 2004-12-31
IGNALINA-2 LWGR 1185 Permanent Shutdown INPP MAEP 1978-01-01 1986-12-01 1987-08-20 1987-08-20 2009-12-31
IGNALINA-3 LWGR 1380 Cancelled Constr. INPP MAEP 1985-06-01 1988-08-30