Statistics

The Bank of Lithuania collects, compiles, publishes and provides statistical information on

• MFI balance sheet and interest rates,
• money and foreign exchange markets, securities,
• payment instruments,
• international reserves,
• balance of payments and international investment position, external debt, and
• quarterly financial accounts of institutional sectors.

The Bank of Lithuania being a member of the European System of Central Banks (ESCB) effectively contributes to the development, production and dissemination of European statistics that is necessary for the performance of the ESCB’s tasks.

International organisations, domestic and foreign financial institutions, scientists, financial analysts, politicians, journalists, students and public at large extensively use financial statistics produced and disseminated by the Bank of Lithuania. Financial statistics information reflecting changing situation is needed to analyse and forecast economic and financial developments.

As a member of the ESCB, the Bank of Lithuania develops, produces and disseminates statistics in compliance with the main principles laid down in the ECB’s Public Commitment on European Statistics by the ESCB. When publishing statistics, the Bank of Lithuania observes the Special Data Dissemination Standards. To produce statistics the Bank of Lithuania exchanges statistical information with Statistics Lithuania and uses data collected by other official statistics institutions.

In performing the supervision of credit institutions, the Bank of Lithuania collects and publishes supervisory statistics, namely, financial reports of credit institutions and data related to prudential supervision (See Supervision).