Regional Development of Lithuania Under Conditions of Economic Integration

Abstract

This study analyses regional development of Lithuania in terms of economic integration. The aim of the study is the analysis of individual regions of Lithuania in order to show a level of their development and the indication of inner regional differentiation of the country. To achieve that the method of descriptive statistics was used. A number of indicators were analyzed, such as GDP, investments and pollution emissions. After the accession to the European Union, Lithuania, as a full-fledged member of the grouping, obtained auxiliary measures to realize the development projects. Gross domestic product is one of the main indicators which are used to estimate the state of the economy of the country. Analysis of the influence of each regions’ GDP on the overall GDP of the country showed that the largest participation occurs in the districts of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipeda. Moreover, analysis of the GDP per capita showed an increasing trend in all the regions. It is seen, from the analysis conducted of the process of regional development, that after Lithuanian’s accession to European Union, the greater part of the indicators changed in a positive way, also because of the unions’ funds.