Nearly nine in 10 Lithuanians oppose any further increase in the retirement age, according to a survey commissioned by LRT and published Monday.
The poll found that 88% of adult residents disagree with raising the retirement age beyond 2026. Just 5% said they support a further increase, while 7% said they had no opinion or did not answer the question.
Opposition to extending the retirement age was consistent across all demographic and social groups, the survey showed. Support was relatively higher among managers and students, though it remained a minority view.
Lithuania’s statutory retirement age has been set at 65 for both men and women since January.
According to the State Data Agency, life expectancy in Lithuania is 77 (2023 data), having bounced back from the low of 68 in 1994, but still lower than the EU average (81).
Social Security and Labour Minister Jūratė Zailskienė told LRT.lt that the current retirement age is optimal, aligns with the European Union average and is not expected to be raised further.
The representative survey was conducted in January by research company Baltijos Tyrimai, which polled 1,063 adults at 110 sampling points across the country.
According to data from Sodra, Lithuania’s state social insurance fund, there were 1.5 employed people per pension recipient at the start of 2025.
The State Data Agency projects that Lithuania’s working-age population, defined as those aged between 15 to 64, will decline to 1.56 million by 2050 and to 1.26 million by 2075. Over the same period, the number of people aged 65 and older is expected to rise to 808,000 by 2050 and to 868,000 by 2075.
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