Lithuania’s excess mortality, which surged during the peak of the coronavirus pandemic, has now returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to experts, LRT reports. In the first eleven months of 2023, nearly 32,000 people died, which was down from almost 39,000 in the same period a year earlier, 43,000 in 2021, and 37,000 in 2020. Despite…
Lithuania’s real GDP totalled EUR 53.2bn at current prices in the first nine months of 2023, which was down 0.5% from the same period of 2022, according to the State Data Agency’s first estimate, BNS reports. In the third quarter of 2023, the GDP totalled EUR 19.2bn, which was up 0.1% from a year earlier….
The average level of consumer prices in Latvia rose by 3.3% in September 2023, compared to the same period of 2022, according to the Central Statistical Bureau’s data, LSM reports. The rise in food prices accounted for 1.5 percentage points, alcohol and tobacco for 0.6 percentage points, and health care for 0.6 percentage points of…
Estonia’s dwelling price index rose by 5% on year in the second quarter of 2023, according to data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. Apartment prices rose by 5.7% and house prices by 3.2%. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, the index rose by 3.8%. Meanwhile, the owner-occupied housing price index rose by 10.6% on…
Average housing prices in Latvia rose by 5.6% in the second quarter of 2023, compared to the same period of 2022, according to the Central Statistical Bureau’s provisional data, LSM reports. Prices of newly-built housing increased by 15.0% and old housing by 3.2% over a year. Compared to the first quarter of 2023, housing prices…
Estonia’s current account deficit totalled EUR 284mn in the second quarter of 2023, according to the Bank of Estonia’s flash estimate, ERR reports. The deficit amounted to EUR 13.0mn in April 2023, to EUR 180.3mn in May 2023, and to EUR 90.7mn in June 2023. The quarterly current account deficit stood at 3% of GDP,…
The volume of electricity produced in Estonia totalled 8,910 GWh in 2022, which was 21% more than in 2021, according to data from Statistics Estonia, ERR reports. Heat production totalled 5,074 GWh in 2022, which was up 8% from a year earlier. The volume electricity generated from shale oil rose by 42%, accounting for 57%…
Lithuania had the highest suicide rate in the EU in 2020, according to Eurostat data, LSM reported. The number of suicides in Lithuania totalled 21.25 per 100,000 inhabitants in 2020, which was down from 33.38 in 2011. The suicide rate was 16.87 in Vilnius and the surrounding area. In central and western Lithuania, the suicide…
The volume of electricity generated in Latvia totalled 4,997 GWh in 2022, which was 14.5% less than in 2021, according to the Central Statistical Bureau, LSM reports. Renewable energy sources accounted for 3,783 GWh of the total volume, which was up 1.7% from a year earlier. Hydro power plants generated 2,750 GWh (up 1.6%) and…