Baltic overview

Compare Baltic public budgets quickly

Start with the Baltic snapshot workbench, then move into country pages or the all-years overview without leaving the main reading flow.

Approved Baltic snapshots for 2020

The snapshot workbench keeps the selected stage explicit while showing every metric in one family at once. With 3 or fewer visible countries, the full snapshot set stays visible below.

Family

5 metrics

Focus metric

All fiscal metrics

Balance (% GDP)Approved stage2020Shared frame

Net lending/borrowing as a share of GDP for the selected government scope.

The chart shows the core metrics for the selected family inside one grouped view. The focus metric below drives the league table and the selected-year snapshots. Countries without a selected-stage topline stay visible in coverage, but they do not enter metric rankings.

Fiscal stance5 metrics2/3 countries charted

Snapshot league table

Rows rank the visible Baltic countries on the active approved metric for 2020. With 3 rows, the snapshot cards below show every visible country instead of pinning one.

Rank	Country	2020	1Y Δ	3Y Δ
1	Latvia	-0.4%	0.4%	0.8%	Overview
2	Lithuania	-28.4%	2.3%	12.3%	Overview
N/A	Estonia	N/A	N/A	N/A	Overview

Selected-year snapshots

With 3 or fewer visible countries, every selected-year snapshot stays on screen at once.

Latvia

ComparableWithin comparable windowApproved stageState budgetExecution detail through 2026

Balance % GDP

-0.4%

Debt % GDP

N/A

Expenditure % GDP

34.3%

Revenue % GDP

33.9%

Interest burden

N/A

Inflation rate

0.1%

GDP

€29.2K

Nominal topline snapshot

Revenue

€9.9B

Expenditure

€10B

Balance

-€108M

Financing

€108M

Open country Latvia 2020 snapshot Latvia 2020 policy composition

Estonia

Coverage pendingNo source-backed toplineExecution detail through 2025Macro frame

Balance % GDP

-5.4%

Debt % GDP

19.1%

Expenditure % GDP

44.7%

Revenue % GDP

39.3%

Interest burden

0.1%

Inflation rate

-0.6%

GDP

€27.9K

Nominal macro frame

Revenue

€11K

Expenditure

€12.5K

Balance

-€1.5K

Debt

€5.3K

Open country Estonia 2020 snapshot Estonia 2020 policy composition

Lithuania

ComparableWithin comparable windowApproved stageState budgetExecution detail through 2025

Balance % GDP

-28.4%

Debt % GDP

N/A

Expenditure % GDP

46%

Revenue % GDP

17.6%

Interest burden

N/A

Inflation rate

1.1%

GDP

€50.3K

Nominal topline snapshot

Revenue

€8.8B

Expenditure

€23.1B

Balance

-€14.3B

Financing

N/A

Open country Lithuania 2020 snapshot Lithuania 2020 policy composition

Revenue composition

Comparable Eurostat general-government revenue mix for the selected year. With 3 or fewer visible countries, all country values stay visible instead of pinning one.

General government2020 peer year

Peer-set snapshot

All visible countries in % revenue for 2020.

LVEELT

Country values by component

Component	LV	EE	LT
VAT	84.9%	78%	80%
Personal income tax	59.6%	N/A	72.4%
Corporate income tax	8.6%	2.6%	16.5%
Social contributions	103.6%	109.2%	105.6%
Other revenue	0%	0%	0%

Expenditure composition

Comparable Eurostat general-government expenditure mix for the selected year. With 3 or fewer visible countries, all country values stay visible instead of pinning one.

General government2020 peer year

Peer-set snapshot

All visible countries in % expenditure for 2020.

LVEELT

Country values by component

Component	LV	EE	LT
Compensation	95.7%	90.8%	83.1%
Social benefits	96.5%	106%	106.3%
Intermediate consumption	52.8%	49.1%	33.1%
Subsidies	11.4%	15.9%	17.3%
Property income / interest	5.7%	0.5%	5.3%
Gross capital formation	45.5%	46.4%	35.5%
Capital transfers	9.4%	5%	3.8%
Other current transfers	18.5%	16.6%	15.5%
Other expenditure	0%	0%	0%

Policy composition for 2020

This table stays exact to the selected year. If a country has no usable policy-composition slice in that year, it shows as unavailable instead of falling back to a different year.

% of total expenditureGeneral government3/3 countries charted

Selected countries are plotted together so each COFOG lane stays comparable inside one chart before you drop into country-specific cards.

🇱🇻 Latvia🇪🇪 Estonia🇱🇹 Lithuania

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Country
Latvia Comparable Eurostat gov_10a_exp Open Latvia 2020 policy composition	30.7%	10.9%	13.5%	17.5%	5.8%	9.1%
Estonia Comparable Eurostat gov_10a_exp Open Estonia 2020 policy composition	32.4%	14.4%	14.1%	13.8%	5.3%	8.8%
Lithuania Comparable Eurostat gov_10a_exp Open Lithuania 2020 policy composition	37.3%	13.8%	12.1%	13.6%	5.3%	8.2%

Groups inside Social protection

Pin a policy-composition division above to inspect its group breakdown for 2020. This drilldown stays on the same selected-year lane instead of switching to a different source or year.

COFOG 103/3 countries with group detail

% of total expenditureGeneral government3/3 countries charted

Selected countries are plotted together so the COFOG groups inside Social protection stay comparable before you drop into the detailed table.

🇱🇻 Latvia🇪🇪 Estonia🇱🇹 Lithuania

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Country	10.1 Sickness and disability	10.2 Old age	10.3 Survivors	10.4 Family and children	10.5 Unemployment	10.6 Housing	10.7 Social exclusion n.e.c.	10.8 R&D Social protection	10.9 Social protection n.e.c.
Latvia Comparable Eurostat gov_10a_exp Open Latvia 2020 policy composition	21.2%	56.2%	1.5%	10.2%	4.4%	0.7%	2.9%	0%	2.9%
Estonia Comparable Eurostat gov_10a_exp Open Estonia 2020 policy composition	16%	54.9%	0.7%	18.8%	6.9%	0%	1.4%	0%	1.4%
Lithuania Comparable Eurostat gov_10a_exp Open Lithuania 2020 policy composition	29.1%	41.8%	1.9%	13.3%	9.5%	0.6%	2.5%	0%	1.3%

Coverage & methodology

This surface stays stage-aware. Ranking uses source-backed topline snapshots for the active stage; the revenue and expenditure composition panels use comparable Eurostat general-government slices for the same selected year.

References & sources

Direct links to the official pages and files behind the data shown on this page.