INCOME AND LIVING CONDITIONS
Income and Living Conditions Survey data are presented herein. In 2015, 4 849 households, randomly sampled from
the database of the Population Register of the Republic of Lithuania, were interviewed. Additional information was obtained
from the State Social Insurance Fund Board, the State Tax Inspectorate, and the Ministry of Social Security and Labour.
In the statistical survey, data on income refer to the previous calendar year, other indicators – to the survey period.
Household is a person living alone or a group of persons sharing the same living accommodation and expenditure,
including collective provision of necessities of life.
Gross household income includes total income received by all household members from paid employment, selfemployment, income from rent, social transfers in case of old age, loss of breadwinner, sickness, disability, unemployment,
scholarships, social benefits for family or children, in case of social exclusion, housing allowances, regular transfers from
other households, interest, dividends.
Household disposable income is the total income after income tax, fixed property taxes, compulsory social insurance
contributions of employees, the self-employed and the unemployed (if applicable), and regular remittances to other
households.
In 2015, household disposable income totalled, on average, EUR 846 per month, household disposable income
per capita – EUR 376 per month. Compared to 2014, household disposable income increased by 7.9 per cent. In 2015,
disposable income in cash per capita totalled, on average, EUR 371 per month and, compared to 2014, increased by
9.3 per cent. The highest disposable income in cash was that of households in Vilnius, Tauragė and Klaipėda counties,
the lowest – in Utena and Šiauliai counties.
In 2015, income from employment accounted for the biggest portion in disposable income in cash in Telšiai, Tauragė
and Marijampolė counties, for the smallest – in Utena and Šiauliai counties, where social benefits made up, respectively,
30.3 and 28.2 per cent of disposable income in cash.
A substantial proportion of the population has faced economic difficulties. In 2015, 53 per cent of the population were
living in households incapable of facing unexpected financial expenses (EUR 235), 14 per cent – in households which
could not afford a meal with meat, fish (or vegetarian equivalent) at least every second day, 44 per cent of the population –
in households which could not afford at least one week annual holiday away from home. 10 per cent of residents had
arrears on housing maintenance bills and repayment of loans, 31 per cent – were living in households unable to keep home
adequately warm. According to the number of the said economic difficulties, the situation of the population of Klaipėda
and Telšiai counties was the most complicated.
The inhabitants of Tauragė and Telšiai counties complained about inability to keep home adequately warm less often
than those of other counties.
In 2015, almost all residents had a colour TV set (99 per cent) and a telephone (99 per cent). 95 per cent of residents
had a washing machine, 70 per cent – a car in their household. Almost every second household not having the abovementioned devices named the lack of income as the main reason for that. The biggest proportion of people living in
households without a car was in Klaipėda (35 per cent) and Utena (34 per cent) counties, due to the lack of income –
13 and 11 per cent respectively.
In 2015, 12 per cent of residents lived in dwellings lacking an indoor flushing toilet, 11 per cent – a bath or shower.
Housing quality in urban and rural areas contrasted strongly. In urban areas, 3 per cent of residents were lacking an
indoor flushing toilet, in rural areas – 31 per cent, a bath or shower – 3 and 28 per cent respectively. In 2015, in Utena
county, 24 per cent of inhabitants were living in dwellings lacking an indoor flushing toilet, 26 per cent – a bath or shower.
INCOME AND LIVING CONDITIONS
1. Average disposable household income, 2015
Per household member per month
Disposable income in cash
and in kind, EUR
Of which disposable income
in cash, EUR
Increase (+), decrease (-)
in disposable income in cash,
compared to 2014, %
Total
375.9
370.5
9.3
Alytus county
337.7
329.5
7.6
Kaunas county
363.7
357.6
4.9
Klaipėda county
372.0
367.3
7.4
Marijampolė county
331.6
324.5
3.0
Panevėžys county
334.0
329.0
7.5
Šiauliai county
308.3
304.1
7.5
Tauragė county
376.3
373.0
18.2
Telšiai county
338.7
329.6
3.2
Utena county
290.6
286.8
-4.6
Vilnius county
458.6
453.9
16.5
2. Proportion of persons affected by enforced lack of durables, 2015
Per cent
Total
Counties
Alytus
Kaunas Klaipėda
Marijam- Panepolė
vėžys
Šiauliai Tauragė Telšiai
Utena
Vilnius
Enforced lack of durables
Colour TV
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
Telephone (including
a mobile phone)
1
0
0
1
0
0
1
1
0
0
1
13
7
16
13
7
17
9
9
6
11
15
2
2
2
1
0
2
2
2
1
1
3
Car
Washing machine
2
INCOME AND LIVING CONDITIONS
3. Proportion of persons affected by material deprivation in the economic dimension, 2015
Per cent
Total
Counties
Alytus
Kaunas Klaipėda
Marijam- Panepolė
vėžys
Šiauliai Tauragė Telšiai
Utena
Vilnius
Economic strain
Arrears on mortgage or
rent, utility bills (electricity,
water, gas) or hire purchase
instalments
10
2
14
14
10
6
8
9
12
8
8
Can’t afford to go for one
week annual holiday away
from home
44
48
36
56
45
36
48
60
65
52
39
Unable to keep home
adequately warm
31
34
40
35
27
23
19
4
10
28
38
Can’t afford a meal with
meat, fish (or vegetarian
equivalent) every second day
14
12
10
17
25
15
14
18
23
6
15
Non-capacity to face
unexpected financial
expenses (235 EUR)
53
43
52
59
52
49
52
51
69
60
52
4. Proportion of persons living in households affected by material deprivation in the dwelling
dimension, 2015
Per cent
Total
Counties
Alytus
Kaunas Klaipėda
Marijam- Panepolė
vėžys
Šiauliai Tauragė Telšiai
Utena
Vilnius
Lack of an indoor flushing
toilet
12
17
12
6
10
15
15
17
19
24
10
Lack of a bath or shower
11
10
10
5
7
14
14
16
18
26
10
Leaking roof, damp walls/
floors, or rot in window
frames or floor
17
16
18
14
21
18
19
18
22
19
15
5
3
7
4
2
4
9
2
2
7
6
Dwelling is too dark,
not enough light
3