Survey description

Target of the Agricultural Census 2020 (hereinafter referred to as Census) is to identify number of farms (agricultural holdings), to prepare statistical information about the structure and typology of farms (agricultural holdings), farm labour force, utilised agricultural area, number of farm animal and their housing, manure application and manure extraction, rural development measures. The statistical information is needed for the analysis of Lithuanian agricultural development and assessment of changes that occurred in Lithuanian agriculture.

During the Census these data are collected:

• land area (owned and leased);
• land area by agricultural land category;
• species of and land under agricultural crops;
• species and number of farm animals kept;
• family members working on the farm: age, vocational qualification in agriculture, average daily number of hours worked on the farm, other paid employment;
• permanent hired workers: number, hours worked, other paid employment;
• number of days worked by temporary hired workers;
• other (non-agricultural) activity;
• farm animal housing;
• fertilization, manure and (or) slurry production on the farm;
• agricultural production methods, irrigation.

The first Census in Lithuania was conducted in 1930, the second in 2003, and the third in 2010.
 

Survey type and coverage

The Census is conducted every 10 years.

The Census population in category of farmers’ and family farms consists of farmers’ and family farms that undertakes economic activities in agriculture in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 belonging to groups A.01.1, A.01.2, A.01.3, A.01.4, A.01.5 or to the ‘maintenance of agricultural land in good agricultural and environmental condition’ of group A.01.6 within the economic territory of the Union, either as its primary or secondary activity. Regarding activities of class A.01.49, only the activities ‘Raising and breeding of semi- domesticated or other live animals’ (with the exception of raising of insects) and ‘Bee-keeping and production of honey and beeswax’ are included. The Census population includes farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products with the utilised agricultural area of one or more hectares and those with the utilised agricultural area of less than one hectare if their annual agricultural income is no less than 40 minimum standards of living.

Statistical unit is farmer or family farm (agricultural holding).

Farmers (farm holders) are interviewed.

The Census is the full scale survey.
 

Survey process

Each farm in the Census population is invited by official letter to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of  State Data Agency. If farm has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home (on the farm) or, if the farmer agrees, by phone.

Data are collected using Agricultural Census 2020 questionnaire for farmers’ and family farms VŽŪS-2020ū.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published in the news releases, on the Database of Indicators and in Eurostat’s database.
 

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on integrated farm statistics and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1166/2008 and (EU) No 1337/2011 (OJ 2018 L 200, p. 1)  

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information about household consumption expenditure and its structure in various household groups by place of residence, main source and size of income, household composition, educational attainment and age of the household head. The structure of consumption expenditure is required for calculation of macroeconomic indicators.

The Household Budget Survey is carried out in all EU member states.

In Lithuania, the Household Budget Survey was carried out since 1952. According to the new programme, the survey has been carried out since 1996. Before 2008, the survey was conducted annually, and subsequently – periodically every several years. 

Survey type and coverage

The survey shall be carried out using a sampling method.

The population of the survey covers all private households in Lithuania.

The survey sample unit is a private household. Persons, residing in institutional households (care homes, family-type care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, seminaries), are excluded from the survey.

A stratified simple random sample of 10 thousand households is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. Individuals are sampled from the Population Register database; subsequently, the households where the individuals sampled reside are surveyed.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, e-diary, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, e-diary, it is questioned by an interviewer at home. The members of the sampled household are filling in the household expenditure diary for 7 days. In the expenditure diary, a household records all expenditure on both food and other goods and services.

Annual statistical questionnaire (NŪB-01) and its Annex Household Expenditure Diary (NŪB-01_1p) are used for the collection of data. 

Dissemination of information

A news release on the average consumption expenditure is published not later than on the 120^th day after the end of the survey period.

Official Statistics Portal
 

Legal basis

Resolution No. 1309 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 5 October 1995 Regarding the Household Income and Expenditure Survey

Survey description

The purpose of the Statistical Survey on Reconciliation between work and family life is to produce and publish statistical information on reconciliation of work and family life, care responsibilities for children, sick, weak or disabled relatives, impact on employment. 

In 2025, the Survey is carried out in all European Union countries, and therefore the results are comparable across countries.

Survey type and coverage

The Statistical Survey on Reconciliation between work and family life is the Labour Force Survey (LFS) module 2025, and therefore only persons who are covered by the LFS are included in this Survey. The sample size – about 3,000 persons per quarter. The statistical data are collected by interviewing the population aged 18–74.

Survey implementation

Each person aged 18–74 who is included in the sample of the LFS must first fill in the LFS questionnaire, and then continue by answering the questions of the Statistical Survey on Reconciliation between Work and family life.

The LFS quarterly Questionnaire GU-01 and Questionnaire on Reconciliation between work and family life (DŠD-01) is used to collect data.

Dissemination of information

In the April 2026 news release “Reconciliation between work and family Life”;

On the Official Statistics Portal, at osp.stat.gov.lt.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240 of 16 December 2019 specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/2447 of 30 September 2022 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the number and the title of the eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain on ‘young people on the labour market’, ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ and ‘reconciliation of work and family life’.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2022/2312 of 25 November 2022 on eight-yearly variables in the labour force domain on ‘young people on the labour market’, ‘educational attainment – details, including education interrupted or abandoned’ and ‘reconciliation of work and family life’ pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information comparable to other European Union (EU) countries on adult participation in formal, non-formal education and training, informal learning, main training providers, financing of training. Moreover, respondents’ demographic and social characteristics, enabling the analysis of survey results by respondents’ sex, age, educational attainment, employment status, are surveyed.

Adult education is surveyed in all EU member states. Statistical information on adult education in Lithuania is produced since 2005.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is carried out using a sampling method.

Survey population – permanent residents of Lithuania aged 18–69.

Statistical unit – a member of a private household. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A stratified simple random sample of 7 thousand persons is drawn using the Population Register data as a basis. If the individual sampled does not live at the address specified, another individual living at that address, whose date of birth at the moment of the interview is the closest, is asked to answer the survey questions.

Survey process

Each individual sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the individual sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, s/he is questioned by an interviewer at home.

Data are collected using Adult Education Survey questionnaire MVG-01.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information on the survey results was published on the Official Statistics Portal on 30 May 2023.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/861 of 21 May 2021 specifying the technical items of the data set and establishing the technical formats for transmission of information on the organisation of a sample survey in the education and training domain pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Survey description

It is a qualitative economic survey. The basis for the survey is the opinion of the population as participants in the economy about the current and the expected financial situation of their family (household), economic situation in the country and changes therein. To describe the economic situation and changes therein, price, unemployment rate, general economic situation assessments are used.

The objective of the survey is twofold: the main objective – to figure out consumers’ intentions of making purchases and possibilities to make savings; the secondary – to collect information about how consumers assess the economic situation and the impact thereof on their intentions.

Consumer opinion surveys are conducted by all EU member states. In Lithuania, the survey has been conducted since 2001.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is conducted using a sampling method. Statistical data are collected every month. Reference period – survey month, 12 months prior to the survey, and forecast for the next 12 months.

Survey population – individuals aged 16 – 84 residing in private households. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 2 thousand individuals is drawn for every month, using Population Register data as a basis. If the individual sampled does not live at the address specified, another individual living at that address, whose date of birth at the moment of the interview is the closest to that of the individual sampled, is asked to answer the survey questions.

Survey process

Each individual sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the individual sampled has not filled in the questionnaire, s/he is interviewed by phone or by an interviewer at home. Data are collected using a monthly statistical consumer survey questionnaire VNT-01.

Dissemination of information

Survey results are published in a news release "Consumer opinion survey results" on a day before the penultimate weekday of the reference month.

More information is available on the Official Statistics Portal.

Legal basis

Commission Decision of 15 July 1997 (references (97)2241) regarding harmonised EU Programme of Surveys on Business and Users.

Survey description

The objective of the Farm Structure Survey (hereinafter referred to as the Survey) is to prepare and publish information about the structure and types of agricultural farms, utilised area, fruit and berry plantations, crops, farm labour force between censuses. The results of the survey enable the assessment of the structure of agricultural holdings, their specialisation and changes therein. The results allow evaluating the structure of agricultural holdings, its specialization and their changes. The statistical information is needed for the analysis of Lithuanian agricultural development and changes that occurred in Lithuanian agriculture in the period between agricultural censuses.
 

The following data are collected during the Survey:

• land area (owned and leased);
• land area by agricultural land category;
• species of and land under agricultural crops;
• species and number of farm animals kept;
• agricultural machinery and equipment;
• family members working on the farm: age, vocational qualification in agriculture, average daily number of hours worked on the farm, other paid employment;
• permanent hired workers: number, hours worked, other paid employment;
• number of days worked by temporary hired workers;
• agricultural production methods;
• other (non-agricultural) activity.
   

The Survey has been conducted since 2005.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is conducted every 3 years using a sampling method.

The Survey population in category of farmers’ and family farms covers farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products with the utilised agricultural area of one or more hectares and those with the utilised agricultural area of less than one hectare if their annual agricultural income is at least 40 basic social benefits per calendar year.

Statistical unit is a farm (agricultural holding) that is in both the technical and economic sense an independent unit having one manager, producing agricultural products or maintaining its land which is no longer used for agricultural production purposes in a good agricultural and environmental condition.

Farmers (farm holders) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 40 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home (on the farm) or, if the farmer agrees, by phone.

Data are collected using Farm Structure Survey questionnaire for farmers’ and family farms ŽŪST-11.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published in the news releases, on the Database of Indicators and in Eurostat’s database.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on integrated farm statistics and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1166/2008 and (EU) No 1337/2011 as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2021/2269 of the European Parliament and of Council of 15 December 2021.

Commission implementing regulation (EU) 2021/2286 of 16 December 2021 on the data to be provided for the reference year 2023 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1091 of the European Parliament and of the Council on integrated farm statistics as regards the list of variables and their description and repealing Commission Regulation (EC) No 1200/2009.

Description of the survey

The objective of the Health Interview Survey (HIS) 2019 is to produce and provide comprehensive and comparable statistical information on the population health status, health care, health determinants and use of health care services.

HIS is conducted in all Member States of the European Union. State Data Agency carried out this statistical survey in 2005 and in 2014. The data collection of HIS 2019 is to be done from September to November 2019.

Type and scope of the survey

The survey shall be carried out using a simple random sample.

Survey population – permanent residents of Lithuania aged 15 and over, living in private households. Persons, residing in institutional households (care homes, family-type care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, seminaries), are excluded from the survey.

A simple random sample of 7 thousand persons is drawn, using Population Register data. If a selected person does not reside at the address indicated, at the time of data collection he (she) is replaced by another person residing at this address whose date of birth during the survey is closest.
 

Conduct of survey

Each person, included in the sample, is notified by an official letter that he (she) has been selected to participate in the survey. Such person is invited to take part in the survey and fill in an electronic questionnaire by logging into the electronic survey system on the website of  State Data Agency. If a selected person does not fill in such questionnaire, such person is interviewed by an interviewer at home.

Health Interview Survey questionnaire GS-01 is used to collect statistical data.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information on the survey results was published on the Official Statistics Portal on 9 October 2020.

Legal regulation

Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on Community statistics on public health and health and safety at work (OL 2008 L 354, p. 70).

Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/255 of 19 February 2018 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards statistics based on the European Health Interview Survey (EHIS) (OL 2018 L 48, p. 12).

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish comparable statistical information on employment, based on population survey data; to estimate the number of employed and unemployed persons, their distribution by age, sex, place of residence, economic activity, main occupational group, educational attainment, to produce employment and unemployment rate indicators on a quarterly basis.

Employment statistics are required for the estimation of changes in the country’s labour market, social and economic policy formation, social decision-making, estimation of the country’s economic development level, production of economic development forecasts, comparison of international labour market indicators.

Employment is surveyed in all EU member states. In Europe, statistical information on employment has been collected since 1983; in Lithuania, the labour force survey has been conducted since 1998.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is carried out constantly; a rotation sampling method is applied.

Survey population – all usual residents of Lithuania.

Statistical unit – private household member. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 8 thousand households is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. Individuals are sampled; later, all individuals living at the address of the individual sampled are included in the preliminary list from the Population Register. If several households live at the address specified, only the members of the household of the individual sampled are left in the sample. If the household sampled does not live at the address specified, the members of another household living at that address are included in the sample.

Household members participate in the survey four times over a year and a half.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by phone or by an interviewer at home. Subsequent interviews may be conducted by phone or electronically.

Data are collected using a quarterly statistical labour force survey questionnaire GU-01.

Dissemination of information

News release Employment and Unemployment is published in March, after the end of the reference year.

More information is available on the Official Statistics Portal, in statistical publications Labour Market in Lithuania, Lithuania in Figures, Regions of Lithuania.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/2240 of 16 December 2019 specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the labour force domain in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of foreign tourists coming to Lithuania, their categories (same-day visitors or visitors for one or more overnight stays (tourists), visitors’ characteristics (sex, age), number and purpose of trips, number of overnight stays, means of transport and type of accommodation and travel expenses.

In Lithuania, the statistical survey on inbound tourism has been conducted since 2007.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – foreigners, departing from Lithuania, aged 15 and older.

Statistical unit – a foreigner departing from Lithuania. Individuals whose objective in the visited territory is employment are not surveyed.

Interview is conducted quarterly, 7 days each quarter. Interview days shall cover all days of the week. A survey shall not be conducted on holiday days.

Survey process

Questioners interview passengers in the waiting halls of airports, ports, railway stations when there are flights or voyages. Questioners shall work on the main road border inspection posts and at the Lithuania-Latvia border depending on the movement flows of passengers (foreigners). At bus stations, questioners work according to departure timetables of international route buses the departure direction whereof is passing through the Lithuania-Latvia and Lithuania-Poland borders. In hotels, questioners shall interview passengers (foreigners) before check-out of passengers (foreigners).

Data are collected using a quarterly statistical survey on inbound tourism questionnaire  TUR-04.

Dissemination of information

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 184/2005 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 January 2005 on Community statistics concerning balance of payments, international trade in services and foreign direct investment, (OL 2005 L 35, p.23).

Regulation (EU) No 549/2013 of the European parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on the European system of national and regional accounts in the European Union.

Resolution No. 688 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania of 21 August 2024 "On the Conduct of Tourism Statistical Surveys".

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of Lithuanian population travelling abroad according to the trip duration and character, to determine the number of trips and overnight stays, travel expenses, etc. Data on the travellers’ sex, age, purpose of the trip, means of transport, types of accommodation, etc. are collected during the survey.

In Lithuania, the statistical survey on outbound tourism has been conducted since 2005.

Survey type and coverage

It is a quarterly survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – Lithuanian population, aged 15 and older.

Statistical unit – a resident of Lithuania, returning from abroad. Individuals whose objective in the visited territory is employment are not surveyed.

Interview is conducted quarterly, 7 days each quarter. Interview days shall cover each month of the interview quarter. A survey shall not be conducted on holiday days.

Survey process

Questioners interview passengers in the arrival halls of airports and ports, railway stations when there are flights or voyages, in the places of arrival of the travels organised by travel agencies – according to tour operating timetables. Questioners conduct surveys on the main road border inspection posts and in other selected interview places (at the Lithuania-Latvia and Lithuania-Poland borders) depending on the movement flows of passengers (residents). At bus stations, questioners work according to departure timetables of international route buses the arrival direction whereof is passing through the Lithuania-Latvia and Lithuania-Poland borders.

Data are collected using a quarterly statistical survey on outbound tourism questionnaire  TUR-02.

Dissemination of information

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95/57/EC .

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on agricultural crop area, harvest and yield at the national, county and municipal levels.

The indicators compiled based on the agricultural crop area, harvest and yield statistical survey data are required for the monitoring and analysis of the agricultural product market.

In Lithuania, statistical surveys on agricultural crop area, harvest and yield have been conducted since 1937.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

As regards farmers’ and family farms, survey population – farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products, possessing one or more hectares of agricultural area or less than one hectare of agricultural area if their standard output is no less than the sum of 40 basic social benefits.

Statistical unit – farm having crop area, meadows, pastures, perennial crops, nurseries, greenhouses, fallow land, growing mushrooms.

Farmers (persons having a farm) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 7 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer by phone.

Data are collected using an annual statistical survey on agricultural crop area, harvest and yield on farmers’ and family farms questionnaire ŽŪŪ-29.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is released in statistical publications  Lithuania in Figures.

Official Statistics Portal

Eurostat’s database

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on statistics on agricultural input and output, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1165/2008, (EC) No 543/2009 and (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/16/EC

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/1538 of 25 July 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards crop production statistics (Text with EEA relevance)

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on energy and the environment, accessibility and use of public green spaces, energy efficiency in residential dwellings, transportation habits, waste sorting practices.

The Energy and Environment Statistical Survey will be conducted in all European Union countries in 2025, ensuring the comparability of results across countries.

Survey type and coverage

The Energy and Environment Survey is a module of the 2025 Income and Living Conditions Statistical Survey, meaning that only individuals included in the Income and Living Conditions Statistical Survey are part of this study. The sample size for the statistical survey is approximately 3,500 individuals. Statistical data is collected through surveys of residents aged 18 and older.

Survey process

Each individual aged 18 and older included in the sample of the Income and Living Conditions Statistical Survey must first complete the Income and Living Conditions Statistical Survey questionnaire, after which they continue by answering questions from the Energy and Environment Statistical Survey.

Data collection is carried out using the annual questionnaires PGS-01 for households and PGS-02 for individuals from the Income and Living Conditions Survey, as well as the one-time module questionnaires PGS-03 for households and PGS-04 for individuals on Energy and Environment. The household questionnaire is filled by a household member aged 18 and older who knows the household composition, housing, and living conditions best. The individual questionnaire is completed about each member of the household.

Dissemination of information

In the April 2026, on the official statistics portal osp.stat.gov.lt.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2527 of 17 November 2023 specifying technical items of the data sets for the 2025 ad hoc subject on Energy and the environment in the income and living conditions domain pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Survey description

Purpose of the survey is to produce and publish statistical information on the amount of goods carried by road transport vehicles registered in Lithuania, vehicle-kilometres and tonne-kilometres by freight classification, the EU regions (NUTS 3 level) and countries of loading and unloading. 

Statistical survey on freight transport by road has been carried out in Lithuania since 1999.

Survey type and volume

The survey is carried out using a sampling method. 

The survey period – a week, quarterly statistics are provided.

The survey population covers goods vehicles registered in the Register of Road Vehicles of the Republic of Lithuania.

Statistical unit – goods road vehicle.

The survey takes place weekly throughout the year. The survey sample per week – 40 goods vehicles.  The sample size per quarter – 520 goods road vehicles.

Survey implementation

Each user of the sampled goods vehicle shall be informed about being selected to participate in the Survey by official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in the electronic questionnaire via the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. 

In case of failure to fill the questionnaire, a reminder is sent.

Statistical questionnaire TKR-02 on freight transport by private road vehicles is used for statistical data collection.

Since 2024, the statistical survey on freight transport by private road goods vehicles has no longer been conducted.
 

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published no later than 58 days on the Official Statistics Portal (Database of Indicators / Transport and communication / Road transport indicators / Freight transport by road)
 

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) No 70/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2012 on statistical returns in respect of the carriage of goods by road Text with EEA relevance (OJ 2012 L 32, p. 1), as last amended by Council Regulation (EU) No 517/2013 of 13 May 2013 (OJ 2013 L 158, p. 1).

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to produce and publish statistical information about general characteristics of households, fuel and energy consumption in households by type of fuel and energy and purpose of consumption, expenditure on fuel and energy, equipment for household heating, cooking, ventilation and air conditioning, solar collectors, solar power plants and heat pumps.

Survey type and scope

It is a one-off survey carried out through the use of a sampling method.

The population of the survey covers all residents of Lithuania aged 18–75.

The survey sample unit is a person aged 18–75. Persons living in institutional households (care homes, family-type care homes, prisons, convents and monasteries, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 7 thousand persons is created based on the Residents’ Register data. Persons are sampled from the Residents’ Register database and households where the sampled persons live are surveyed.

Survey implementation

Each sampled person is informed about participation in the survey by a formal letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and to fill in an electronic questionnaire via the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. In the event that the person fails to fill in the questionnaire, s/he is interviewed by phone or by an interviewer at home.

Annual statistical questionnaire on fuel and energy consumption (ENŪ-01) is used for the collection of data.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information about fuel and energy consumption in households is published on the Official Statistics Portal in February 2025.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics (OJ 2008 L 304, p. 1), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2024/264 of 17 January  2024.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on household’s physical and social environment, possibility to satisfy certain needs, gross and disposable household income, form of ownership of the dwelling and housing conditions, educational attainment, employment status of household members aged 16 and older, health status, limitations in daily activities due to health reasons and dietary habits,  accessibility of health care services, to estimate at-risk-of-poverty, material deprivation and social exclusion indicators.

Surveys on income and living conditions are conducted by all EU member states. In Lithuania, the survey has been conducted since 2005.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – all private households of Lithuania.

Statistical unit – private household and each household member. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A stratified simple random sample of 8 thousand households is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. Individuals are sampled from the Population Register database; subsequently, the households where the individuals sampled reside are surveyed.

The survey is carried out using a four-part rotation model. The survey sample is comprised of four parts of similar sizes and represents the total population. Every year, one of the four parts of the sample is replaced by a new one. Sampled household participates in the survey for four consecutive years.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer at home or by phone. Subsequent interviews may be conducted by phone or electronically.

Data are collected using annual statistical questionnaires:

PGS-01 – a questionnaire to be filled in by a household member aged 18 and older who knows the household composition, housing and living conditions best;

PGS-02 – a questionnaire to be filled in by each household member.

Dissemination of information

News release Poverty indicators is published in March, after the end of the reference year.

More information is available on the Official Statistics Portal, in statistical Lithuania in figures.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1721 of 17 November 2020 specifying technical items of data sets of the sample survey in the income and living conditions domain on health and quality of life pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Description of the Survey

2022 marks the 625^th anniversary of the establishment of the Karaim Community in Lithuania, the time of the Grand Duke of Lithuania Vytautas, with whom the history of the Community is closely connected. In order to commemorate this anniversary, 2022 has been declared the Year of Lithuanian Karaims, and on the occasion of this Jubilee Year, at the request of the Karaim Community, State Data Agency is conducting a statistical survey. This will be a peculiar ethnostatistic "picture" of the Lithuanian Karaim Community, especially valuable, as the results will be comparable with a similar study conducted by State Data Agency in 1997.

The aim of the Survey is to collect data on Karaims living in Lithuania, and to publish statistical information on the demographic, ethnocultural, social and economic characteristics of Karaims.

Type and scope of the Survey

The Survey is one-time. The Survey population is determined on the basis of the data of the Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania (hereinafter - the “Population Register”). All persons of Karaim ethnicity are selected from the Population Register, and the households in which the elected person lives are surveyed.

Conduct of the Survey

Each household participating in the Survey is informed by an official letter that it is invited to participate in the statistical survey and, by connecting to the electronic survey system e. Statistika gyventojams on the website of State Data Agency, fill in the electronic questionnaire. The resident and his (her) family members connect to the electronic survey system by entering the code specified in the letter. Those who have not filled in the electronic questionnaire on their own are interviewed by a servant (Telephone Interview Centre interviewer) from State Data Agency by telephone.

A one-time statistical survey questionnaire KTG-01 of the Karaim population is used to collect statistical data.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information on the Survey results published in the news release (in Lithuanian) the Official Statistics Portal in 2022.

Legal regulation

Resolution No. 879 of the Government of the Republic of Lithuania "On the Approval of the Plan for the Commemoration of the Year of the Lithuanian Karaims in 2022".

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of travelling residents of Lithuania by duration and type of trip, the number of trips and overnight stays, travel expenses, etc. During the survey, data on travellers’ sex, age, purpose of the trip, means of transport, type of accommodation, etc. are collected.

In Lithuania, the statistical survey on local tourism has been conducted since 2003.

Survey type and coverage

It is a quarterly survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – residents of Lithuania aged 15 and older.

Statistical unit – private household. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

The survey sample is 8 thousand persons of each quarter. If the sampled person does not live at the address provided or leaves and returns before the end of the data collection period, he / she shall be replaced by another person living at this address, whose birthday will be the closest during the survey.

Survey process

Each household person sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household person sampled has not filled the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by phone or by an interviewer at home.

Data are collected using a quarterly statistical survey on local tourism questionnaire GIV-03.

Dissemination of information

No later than on the 85^th day after the end of the reporting quarter, on the Official Statistics Portal.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95 /57/ EC.

Survey description

The purpose of the survey is to produce and publish statistical information on violation of personal safety at work, the prevalence and nature of domestic and external violence, and the provision of assistance to victims.

The survey is carried out in April–September 2021.

Survey type and volume

The survey is carried out using a sampling method by applying a simple random sample.

The survey population covers Lithuania’s residents aged 18–74. Statistical unit – a member of a private household. Persons living in institutional households (care homes, foster families, prisons, monasteries, seminaries, etc.) are not included in the survey.

A simple random sample of 10 thousand persons is made based on the Population Register data. If the sampled person does not reside at the indicated address, during the data collection, he/she is replaced with other person of the same sex aged 18–74 who resides at this address, and if there are several such persons – with the person whose birthday at the time of interview is the closest.

Survey implementation

Each sampled person shall be informed about being selected to participate in the survey by official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in the electronic questionnaire via the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the sampled person fails to fill in the questionnaire, he/she is interviewed by an interviewer at his/her home.

Electronic one-off questionnaire (GST-01) for Statistical Survey on Population Safety was used for data collection.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information on the survey was published on the on 17 June 2022 on the Official Statistics Portal.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) No 99/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the European statistical programme 2013–2017, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2017/1951 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2017.

Resolution No 528 of 6 June 2018 of the Republic of Lithuania on approval of regulations of and granting authorization to Statistics Lithuania.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of persons providing short-stay private accommodation services (including rural tourism homesteads), number of rooms and beds, number of tourists accommodated and their overnight stays, income from accommodation services.

Survey type and coverage

It is an exhaustive survey, survey period – quarter (the indicators on the number of tourists and overnight stays are provided by each month of the reference quarter).

Survey population – individuals providing short-stay accommodation services and rural tourism accommodation services.

The list of service providers is compiled on the basis of:

• Lists of non-classified accommodation service providers published on the website of the State Consumer Rights Protection Service (http://www.vvtat.lt) (non-classified accommodation services: apartment, rural tourism, bed and breakfast, hostel, rest-house).

• The list of business certificates (codes 043 and 010 according to the "Classification of the types of activities which may be pursued with a business license") and individual activity certificates issued by the State Tax Inspectorate to natural persons for the provision of accommodation services (EVRK rev. 2, Section I, Group 55.2).

The list of short-stay private accommodation services (including rural tourism homesteads) providers is updated every quarter to include new respondents who have started to provide accommodation services and to delete those who have ceased to provide such services. 

Survey process

Each individual sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency.

Data are collected using a quarterly private accommodation services questionnaire  HOT-02.

Dissemination of information

A news release on accommodation service statistics is published on the 54^th day after the end of the reference quarter.

Statistical information is published on the Official Statistics Portal  (Database of IndicatorsàBusiness Statistics àTourismàIndicators of accommodation establishments).

Legal basis

Council Regulation (EC) No 1165/98 of 19 May 1998 concerning short-term statistics, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 461/2012 of 31 May 2012;

Regulation (EU) No 692/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 July 2011 concerning European statistics on tourism and repealing Council Directive 95 /57/ EC, as last amended by Commission delegated regulation (EU) No 2019/1681 of 1 August 2019.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to produce and publish statistical information on population by ethnicity, mother tongue, knowledge of other languages and faith confessed. Such statistical data were collected during the Population and Housing Censuses 2001 and 2011. In 2021, the census is conducted based on administrative data. Data on the population by mother tongue, knowledge of other languages and faith confessed are not collected and stored in the state registers, and part of the population have not indicated their ethnicity. In order to meet the needs of users and to have comparable statistical information, these data are collected through the statistical survey.

Survey type and coverage

It is a one-off survey.

The survey population covers the residents of the Republic of Lithuania.

The probability sampling list consists of residents aged 16 and older.  Sample size: 40 thousand individuals selected by simple stratified random sampling.

Survey implementation

Statistical questionnaire GTK-01 (one-off) for the statistical survey on the population ethnicity, mother tongue and faith confessed is used for statistical data collection.

The population survey is conducted through direct communication of the interviewer with residents and recording the data on a portable computer. The questionnaire is filled in by a person aged 16 or older. Parents/foster parents fill in the questionnaire for a child aged 0–15. In case of disagreements between parents/foster parents of different ethnicities, the priority is given to the opinion of the mother/foster mother.

Dissemination of information

Statistical information is published according to the approved Calendar of the Official Statistics Portal (osp.stat.gov.lt → Calendar) in 2022 together with the results of the Census 2021 and provided on individual user request.

Legal basis

Law on Approval of Financial Indicators of the State Budget and Municipal Budgets for 2020 of the Republic of Lithuania.

Law on Official Statistics and State Data Governance of the Republic of Lithuania.

Law on Religious Communities and Associations of the Republic of Lithuania.

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the number of livestock, rabbits, poultry and beehives, number and weight of livestock, rabbits and poultry sold for slaughter, milk yield, wool production, number of eggs and amount of honey collected. The number of livestock, rabbits, poultry and beehives is estimated on all farmers’ and family farms in the country, regions, counties and municipalities.

In Lithuania, statistical information on the number of farm animals and animal production has been produced since 1950.

Survey type and coverage

It is an annual survey, conducted using a sampling method.

Survey population – farmers’ and family farms having livestock, rabbits, poultry, beehives and producing animal products.

Farmers (persons having a farm) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 7 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by phone.

Data is collected using an annual questionnaire of statistical survey on the number of farm animals and animal production on farmers’ and family farms ŽŪŪ-02.

Dissemination of information

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on statistics on agricultural input and output, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1165/2008, (EC) No 543/2009 and (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/16/EC.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2745 of 8 December 2023 laying down rules for the application of Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards animal production statistics.

Regulation (EC) No 138/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 December 2003 on the economic accounts for agriculture in the Community, as last amended by Regulation (EU) 2022/590 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022.     

Survey description

The objective of the survey is to prepare and publish statistical information on the availability of computers in households, Internet access at home; frequency and purposes of Internet usage; use of e-commerce, e-government services; computer literacy; ICT safety, obstacles to ICT and Internet usage. Moreover, respondents’ demographic and social characteristics, enabling the analysis of survey results by respondents’ sex, age, educational attainment, employment status, are surveyed.

Statistical information on the use of information technologies in households is produced in all EU member states. In Lithuania, the use of information technologies in households has been surveyed since 2002.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is conducted using a sampling method. Statistical data are collected once a year. The reference period – the first quarter of the year and 12 months prior to the survey.

Survey population – all residents of Lithuania aged 16–74.

Statistical unit – individual aged 16–74. Individuals residing in institutional households (care homes, imprisonment institutions, monasteries, convents, seminaries, etc.) are not surveyed.

A simple random sample of 6 thousand individuals is drawn, using Population Register data as a basis. If the individual sampled does not live at the address specified, another individual living at that address, whose date of birth at the moment of the interview is the closest to that of the individual sampled, is asked to answer the survey questions.

Survey process

Each individual sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the individual sampled has not filled in the questionnaire, s/he is interviewed by phone or by an interviewer at home.

Data are collected using an annual statistical survey on the use of information technologies in households questionnaire IT(NŪ)-01.

Dissemination of information

News release ICT Use in Households is published in August of the reference year.

More information is available on the Official Statistics Portal, in publication Digital Economy and Society in Lithuania.

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 October 2019 establishing a common framework for European statistics relating to persons and households, based on data at individual level collected from samples, amending Regulations (EC) No 808/2004, (EC) No 452/2008 and (EC) No 1338/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1177/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EC) No 577/98.

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/1223 of 27 July 2021 specifying the technical items of the data set, establishing the technical formats for transmission of information and specifying the detailed arrangements and content of the quality reports on the organisation of a sample survey in the use of information and communication technologies domain for reference year 2022 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Survey description

The main purpose of the statistical survey is to prepare and provide statistical information on the use of inorganic fertilisers in agriculture.

During the statistical survey, data on the quantity of inorganic fertilisers used in agriculture and area treated by organic fertilisers are collected.

The statistical survey on the use of inorganic fertilisers in agriculture has been conducted since 2016.

Survey type and coverage

The survey is conducted every 3 years using a sampling method.

Survey population – farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products with the utilised agricultural area of one or more hectares and those with the utilised agricultural area of less than one hectare of agricultural area if their standard output is no less than the sum of 40 basic social benefits.

Statistical unit – a farm cultivating agricultural crops and using inorganic fertilisers.

Farmers (farm owners) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 7 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled for the survey is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire using an electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by phone.

Data are collected using a statistical questionnaire on the use of inorganic fertilisers in agriculture MTPŪ-01.

Dissemination of information

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EU) 2022/2379 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 November 2022 on statistics on agricultural input and output, amending Commission Regulation (EC) No 617/2008 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 1165/2008, (EC) No 543/2009 and (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Directive 96/16/EC.

Survey description

The main purpose of statistical survey is to prepare and provide statistical information on use of plant protection products in agriculture.

During the statistical survey data on quantity of plant protection products used for a maintenance of agricultural plants and treated area are collected.

Statistical survey on use of plant protection products in agriculture has been conducted since 2014.

Survey type and coverage

Statistical survey is conducted every 5 years using a sampling method.

As regards farmers’ and family farms, survey population – farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products, possessing one or more hectares of agricultural land or less than one hectare of agricultural area or less than one hectare of agricultural area if their standard output is no less than the sum of 40 basic social benefits.

Statistical unit – farm, growing agricultural plants and using plant protection products to maintain them.

Farmers (persons having a farm) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 7 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by an interviewer by phone.

Data are collected using Statistical survey on use of plant protection products in agriculture questionnaire APRŪ-02.

Dissemination of information

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 1185/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2009 concerning statistics on pesticides.

Survey description

The objective of the statistical survey is to estimate and publish statistical information on the generation and management of waste in agriculture, forestry and fisheries.

Survey type and coverage

It is a biennial survey, conducted using a sampling method.

As regards farmers’ and family farms, survey population – farmers’ and family farms producing agricultural products, possessing one or more hectares of agricultural land or less than one hectare of agricultural land if their agricultural income during a calendar year totals no less than 40 amounts of the minimum standard of living.

Statistical unit – farm producing agricultural products.

Farmers (persons having a farm) are interviewed.

A simple random stratified sample of 4 thousand farmers’ and family farms is drawn.

Survey process

Each household sampled is informed thereof with an official letter. The letter invites to participate in the survey and fill in an e-questionnaire, having logged in to the electronic survey system on the website of State Data Agency. If the household sampled has not filled in the e-questionnaire, it is questioned by phone.

Data are collected using a biennial statistical survey on waste generation and management in agricultural, forestry and fishing on farmers’ and family farms questionnaire ATLŪ-01.

Dissemination of information

Satistical information is published on October, after the end of the reference year.

Official Statistics Portal

Legal basis

Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2002 on waste statistics, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No 849/2010 of 27 September 2010.