Lithuania Construction Market Size, Trends and Forecasts by Sector - Commercial, Industrial, Infrastructure, Energy and Utilities, Institutional and Residential Market Analysis, 2022-2026
Summary
The Lithuanian construction industry is expected to expand by 3.2% in real terms in 2022, following a marginal annual growth of 0.2% in 2021. Growth this year will be aided by the government's expenditure on transportation and energy infrastructure, combined with the recovery of the tourism sector. In December 2021, the government approved the 2022 Budget, which includes an annual expenditure of EUR16.6 billion ($18.7 billion), representing a 15.6% increase over the expenditure of EUR12.4 billion ($14 billion) in 2021. As part of the latest Budget, the government allocated EUR193.9 million ($218.7 million) to the energy sector, EUR958.6 million ($1.1 billion) to education, and EUR3 billion ($3.4 billion) to healthcare. Furthermore, the Ministry of Transport approved the Strategic Guidelines for National Road Maintenance and Development for 2022-35 in July 2022, with the goal of improving traffic conditions and safety, while also promoting sustainable mobility through various roadway infrastructure initiatives. This is expected to attract investments in road infrastructure projects over the coming years. Despite maintaining its growth momentum, the Lithuanian construction industry is expected to face significant downside risks in the short term, due to rising inflation, increasing construction material costs, rising house prices, supply side disruptions to industrial output, and the recent surge in coronavirus (COVID-19) cases. On July 28, 2022, the country experienced a 33% increase in weekly changes of daily COVID-19 cases and an 117% increase in weekly fatalities.
Over the forecast period, the industry is expected to register an annual average growth of 4.1% from 2023 to 2026, supported by investments on transport infrastructure, renewable energy, and residential projects. According to the Energy Minister Dainius Kreivys, the country will receive EUR10 billion ($11.3 billion) in green energy investments by 2030, including EUR3.5 billion ($3.9 billion) from the private sector, as well as significant financing from the EU. In June 2022, the Ministry of Energy signed an agreement with Pajrio Tyrim ir Planavimo Institutas—a Lithuanian research institute—to evaluate the performance of the environmental impact assessment of wind turbines and launch its first international auction for the construction of a 700MW wind farm in 2023. The wind farm will provide 3TWh of green energy annually and cover 25% of Lithuania's energy demand by as early as 2028.
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