Bank of Lithuania reports Q3 2025 FDI inflows doubled to EUR 1.9 billion and outward direct investment reached EUR 1.4 billion

The Bank of Lithuania published provisional direct investment data for the third quarter of 2025, showing that foreign direct investment (FDI) flows into Lithuania doubled year on year to EUR 1.9 billion, driven mainly by EUR 1.0 billion in net inflows through debt instruments. The release also reports that non-resident investors’ FDI income rose 9% to EUR 1.1 billion, while Lithuania recorded a EUR 1.4 billion direct investment outflow abroad and a 37.4% year-on-year fall in income earned abroad to EUR 64.8 million. Inflows were largest from the UK (EUR 1.5 billion), Sweden (EUR 222.1 million), Latvia (EUR 139.6 million) and Luxembourg (EUR 136.9 million), with negative flows from the Netherlands (EUR 543.5 million) and Poland (EUR 178.5 million); manufacturing (EUR 1.3 billion) and financial and insurance activities (EUR 475.2 million) led by sector. Reinvested earnings accounted for EUR 855.7 million of non-resident income, with Swedish and Estonian investors earning the most. Cumulative FDI in Lithuania increased 9.2% over the year to EUR 42.9 billion as at 30 September 2025 (51.9% of GDP), with Germany (EUR 5.6 billion) and the Netherlands (EUR 5.0 billion) the largest investors and financial and insurance companies accounting for EUR 15.1 billion of the stock. Outward flows were mainly equity investment directed primarily to the United States (EUR 1.5 billion), while most income abroad was earned from Latvia (EUR 52.8 million) and Germany (EUR 11.1 million); cumulative direct investment abroad reached EUR 13.1 billion, with 47.6% in EU Member States and the largest sectoral share in professional, scientific and technical activities (EUR 6.3 billion).