Cultural employment in Lithuania

Cultural employment made up 4.8% of total employment in Lithuania in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2011. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.

Measure: Cultural employment Unit: % of total employment Data: 2011 to 2025 Source: Eurostat
Lithuania, 2025 4.8% % of total employment
Change from 2024 +0.1percentage points 2024: 4.7%
European Union, 2025 4.3% Official aggregate
Median of European Union (27 countries), 2025 4.4% Middle value of 27 countries
Position in 2025 6th of 34 See the full ranking

Cultural employment in Lithuania over time

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% of total employment. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Cultural employment (% of total employment), 2011 to 2025
Period LithuaniaEuropean Union
2025 4.8% 4.3%
2024 4.7% 4.2%
2023 4.7% 4.2%
2022 4.6% 4.2%
2021 4.6%b (break in time series) 4.2%b (break in time series)
2020 4.4% 4.1%
2019 4.5% 4.1%
2018 4.5% 4.1%
2017 4.2% 4.1%
2016 4.0% 4.0%
2015 4.4% 4.0%
2014 4.5% 4.0%
2013 4.3% 4.1%
2012 4.0% 4.1%
2011 4.0% 3.9%

Flags: b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 4.7% in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 4.4%, the figure has changed by +0.4 percentage points. The source marks a break in the series during this period, so part of the change may come from a change in method.
  • Among the 34 countries with data for 2025, Lithuania has the 6th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 4.3%.

Source and dates

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Eurostat
Source
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union
Dataset or series code
cult_emp_sex · dataset details · view at source
Selection
freq=A sex=T unit=PC_EMP
Observation period
2011 to 2025 for Lithuania
Provider update
1 July 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
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Eurostat reuse policy (attribution)
Attribution
Source: Eurostat