Bank of Lithuania releases Q1 2025 provisional direct investment data showing FDI inflows down 30.3% to EUR 352 million

The Bank of Lithuania published provisional direct investment statistics for the first quarter of 2025, showing a year-on-year decline in foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows but higher FDI income and a larger cumulative FDI position. FDI inflows fell 30.3% to EUR 352 million, while non-resident FDI income increased 5.1% to EUR 823.6 million and the stock of cumulative FDI in Lithuania rose 7.6% over the year to EUR 39.4 billion (49.5% of GDP) as at 31 March 2025. The decline in inflows was driven by a return of investment in debt instruments (EUR 113.6 million), while investment in equity instruments increased 3.7% to EUR 384.3 million. The largest inflows came from Germany (EUR 265.7 million) and the UK (EUR 195 million), with negative flows from Sweden (EUR 157.8 million) and Poland (EUR 65 million). Dividends accounted for most FDI income (EUR 720.8 million), mainly paid to Swedish (EUR 286 million) and Latvian (EUR 225.3 million) investors; financial and insurance companies generated the highest income by activity (EUR 327.5 million) and also held the largest share of the inward FDI stock (EUR 14.4 billion, up 13.3%). Outward direct investment from Lithuania totalled EUR 94.8 million in the quarter and income earned abroad was EUR 70.2 million; cumulative direct investment abroad stood at EUR 12.4 billion as at 31 March 2025, with 56.3% in EU Member States and the US (EUR 4.7 billion) the largest single destination. Detailed data are available in the Bank of Lithuania’s External statistics section, including via the My Data Sets tool.