Scope Ratings maintains Lithuania’s credit rating and outlook
On Friday evening, the international credit rating agency Scope Ratings maintained long-term credit rating at ‘A+’ with a stable outlook assigned for Lithuania earlier.
Experts from the Scope Ratings agency note that Lithuania's membership of the euro area ensures a strong fiscal and economic policy framework, and the country's membership of the European Union and NATO is a reliable measure to mitigate external security risks in the current context of heightened geopolitical risks.
At the same time, analysts state that Lithuania has been rapidly approaching euro area income levels in recent years due to strong economic growth and increased macroeconomic resilience. Economic growth is projected to remain strong this year and next year (3.3% and 2.7% respectively), supported by strong household demand and accelerating investment. Lithuania's stable creditworthiness is also supported by one of the lowest levels of public debt in the euro area.
The latest statement from the credit rating agency Scope Ratings is available here.
In November last year, Lithuania’s rating ‘A’ with a stable outlook was also affirmed for our country by the credit rating agency S&P Global Ratings. Analysts of this agency assessed Lithuania’s situation as stable, leading to a decision not to change the country’s ‘A’ credit rating assigned in 2024 (stable outlook), while maintaining the ‘A-1’ short-term credit rating and only publishing a report on Lithuania, assessing the country’s economic outlook.
The credit rating agency Fitch Ratings affirmed the ‘A’ credit rating for Lithuania with a stable outlook at the end of October last year. The last time Lithuania’s credit ratings were upgraded by this agency was in January 2020, when the long-term credit rating was upgraded from ‘A-‘ to ‘A’. The ‘A’ (high) rating for Lithuania with a stable outlook was also affirmed by the international credit rating agency DBRS Morningstar on 10 October. On the same evening, another agency, Moody’s Investment Service, announced that it had completed the periodic review of Lithuania’s credit rating and provided an assessment of Lithuania’s economic outlook.
More information about Lithuania’s credit ratings is available here.
Additional information:
A credit rating is an indicator that provides investors/creditors with consolidated information on the level of the borrower’s ability to meet its financial obligations. A high credit rating indicates a lower risk of default of the borrower/issuer and, accordingly, lower borrowing costs.
They use certain classification and symbols to express credit ratings and to determine the credit value for borrowing countries and companies by using standardised credit ratings.
Last updated: 11-02-2026
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