Vilnius County has become the richest region in the Baltic States, the CEO of Luminor Bank reported on his Facebook account. economist, dr. Žygimantas Mauric.
The economist said that for a long time the richest region in the Baltic States was the Tallinn region, but two years ago the situation changed – Vilnius overtook Tallinn.
“An impressive jump in Vilnius, bearing in mind that in 2014 the Tallinn region was 22 percent, and in 2004 even 40 percent. richer than the Vilnius region. It is also interesting that in 2022 the nominal GDP per capita of the Vilnius region will catch up with the average of the European Union, so to see how average Europeans live, it is enough to go to Vilnius”, reported Ž. Maurice.
According to the man, Kaunas is also not far behind and is rapidly catching up with Riga.
“Kaunas is also not sleeping and is rapidly catching up with Riga – in 2015 the gap between Riga and Kaunas reached 30 percent, and in 2022 already only 19 percent Most other regions of Lithuania also showed rapid growth, but the gap between Vilnius and other regions of Lithuania remains considerable,” the economist wrote.
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