If you lived in Lithuania instead of Turkey, you would:

Health

be 25.9% less likely to be obese

In Turkey, 28.8% of adults are obese as of 2024. In Lithuania, that number is 21.3% of people as of 2024.

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see 2.3 times more spent on your healthcare

Turkey spends $1,769 per person on healthcare as of 2023 (international dollars, adjusted for prices). Lithuania spends $4,127 as of 2024.

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have 99.7% more doctors per person

Turkey has 22.4 doctors per 10,000 people as of 2022. Lithuania has 44.7 as of 2022.

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be 8.2 times more likely to die by suicide

Turkey has a suicide rate of 2.7 per 100,000 people as of 2021. In Lithuania, it is 22.1 per 100,000 as of 2021.

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Economy

be 21.0% less likely to be unemployed

In Turkey, 8.5% of the labor force is unemployed as of 2025. In Lithuania, that number is 6.7% as of 2025.

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make 77.2% more money

Turkey has a GDP per capita of $18,599 as of 2025, while in Lithuania, the GDP per capita is $32,959 as of 2025.

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be 60.8% more likely to live below the poverty line

In Turkey, 13.0% live below the poverty line as of 2024. In Lithuania, however, that number is 20.9% as of 2021.

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Life

be 46.7% less likely to die during childbirth

In Turkey, approximately 15.0 women die from pregnancy or childbirth per 100,000 live births as of 2023. In Lithuania, 8.0 women do as of 2023.

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be 65.0% less likely to die during infancy

In Turkey, approximately 8.0 children (per 1,000 live births) die before they reach the age of one as of 2024. In Lithuania, on the other hand, 2.8 children do as of 2024.

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have 40.0% fewer children

In Turkey, there are approximately 11.0 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024. In Lithuania, there are 6.6 babies per 1,000 people as of 2024.

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Expenditures

spend 37.1% more on education

Turkey spends 3.1% of its total GDP on education as of 2022. Lithuania spends 4.2% of total GDP on education as of 2022.

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spend 77.6% more on healthcare

Turkey spends 4.3% of its total GDP on healthcare as of 2023. In Lithuania, that number is 7.6% of GDP as of 2024.

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Geography

see 98.8% less coastline

Turkey has a total of 7,200 km of coastline. In Lithuania, that number is 90 km.

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Safety

be 18.6% less likely to be murdered

Turkey has a homicide rate of 3.2 per 100,000 people as of 2023. In Lithuania, that number is 2.6 per 100,000 as of 2023.

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Infrastructure

find 18.9% more home broadband

Turkey has 23.4 fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people as of 2024. Lithuania has 27.9 as of 2024.

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live with 95.5% less strain on fresh water

Turkey withdraws 48% of its available fresh water each year as of 2022. Lithuania withdraws 2% as of 2022.

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use 17.6% more electricity

Turkey uses 3,731 kWh of electricity per person each year as of 2024. Lithuania uses 4,387 kWh as of 2024.

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Environment

emit 16.5% less CO2

Turkey emits 5.4 tonnes of CO2 per person each year as of 2024. Lithuania emits 4.5 tonnes as of 2024.

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Sources: World Bank (2021–2025), World Health Organization (2024), The World Factbook. How we calculate this

Lithuania: At a glance

Lithuania is a sovereign country in Europe, with a total land area of approximately 62,680 sq km. Lithuanian lands were united under MINDAUGAS in 1236; over the next century, through alliances and conquest, Lithuania extended its territory to include most of present-day Belarus and Ukraine. By the end of the 14th century Lithuania was the largest state in Europe. An alliance with Poland in 1386 led the two countries into a union through the person of a common ruler. In 1569, Lithuania and Poland formally united into a single dual state, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This entity survived until 1795 when its remnants were partitioned by surrounding countries. Lithuania regained its independence following World War I but was annexed by the USSR in 1940 - an action never recognized by the US and many other countries. On 11 March 1990, Lithuania became the first of the Soviet republics to declare its independence, but Moscow did not recognize this proclamation until September of 1991 (following the abortive coup in Moscow). The last Russian troops withdrew in 1993. Lithuania subsequently restructured its economy for integration into Western European institutions; it joined both NATO and the EU in the spring of 2004. In January 2014, Lithuania assumed a nonpermanent seat on the UN Security Council for the 2014-15 term.
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