Economy of Lithuania - Infrastructure

Infrastructure

The transport, storage and communication sector has increased its importance to the economy of Lithuania. In 2008, it accounted for 12.1% of GDP compared to 9.1% in 1996. Lithuania became a well-developed transport corridor between the East and the West. Having a high-quality and dense road network, Lithuania has achieved significant growth in the amount of goods carried both by road and by rail transport. The volume of goods transported by road transport has increased fivefold since 1996. The total length of roadways is more than 80 thousand km, and 90% of them are paved. The government is demonstrating high attention to the quality of road infrastructure by increasing their funding. The funding of roads exceeded LTL 1.75 billion (EUR 0.5 billion) in 2008.