EU
Lithuania
~32%
Work in exposed occupations
~461 k · estimate · 2025
6.1%
Unemployment
−0.1 pp (Jul 2026)
Aug 2026
12.5%
Youth unemployment (<25)
Aug 2026
2.3%
Job vacancy rate
Q2 2026
80.0%
Employment rate (20–64)
2025
21%
Firms using AI
2025 · EU average 20%
0.66
IMF AI Preparedness Index
IMF · 2023
1.46 m
Employed
2025 · Eurostat
Unemployment, monthly
LithuaniaEU27Eurostat une_rt_m · seasonally adjusted
Who does what? — employment by occupational group
Tile size is the number employed, colour the group's average AI exposure.
Out of 100 workers — Lithuania
- 48Not exposed
- 20Minimal
- 4Low
- 13Medium
- 11High
- 4Highest
Outlook to 2035 (Cedefop)
The fastest growing and shrinking occupational groups between 2025 and 2035.
−3.0%
Change 2025→2035
343 k
Total expected openings
2025–2035
387 k
Replacement demand
−44 k
Expansion
- Information and communications technology professionals+38.0%
- Food preparation assistants+31.7%
- General and keyboard clerks+28.0%
- Labourers in mining, construction, manufacturing and transport+26.9%
- Assemblers+25.8%
- Other clerical support workers+18.1%
- Business and administration associate professionals−40.4%
- Market-oriented skilled agricultural workers−46.9%
- Hospitality, retail and other services managers−50.9%
- Stationary plant and machine operators−52.6%
- Production and specialised services managers−52.9%
- Protective services workers−66.4%
Cedefop Skills Forecast 2026
What employers say (WEF 2025)
14%
expected job churn by 2030
global: 22%
35%
of skills will change
global: 39%
95%
of firms run AI programmes
global: 88%
Small employer sample per country — indicative, not a precise measurement. WEF Future of Jobs Report 2025.