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Lithuania

2.9 million people · EU member

Lithuania has a compulsory chip ID card and Smart-ID is the most used eID. Its national EU wallet sandbox was contracted to Procivis in February 2026. As a euro-area member it falls under the digital euro project.

-3Sovereignty scoreDeep inHow it adds up ↓

Digital ID · Goal 16.9

Digital ID in Lithuania

Program
Electronic ID card; Smart-ID; Mobile-ID; planned EU wallet
Status
Available, partial uptake
National ID card
ID card compulsory
Biometrics
Yes
Law
EU Regulation 2024/1183

The State Digital Solutions Agency chose Procivis on 5 February 2026 for a 12-month sandbox testing wallet use for public services, travel and car rental. A vendor review dated October 2026 lists the wallet as not yet launched. EU Regulation 2024/1183 requires every member state to offer citizens a digital identity wallet by the end of 2026.

Digital money · Goal 8.10

Central bank digital currency

Status
In development
Name
Digital euro

Euro-area member. The ECB says it is preparing a possible first issuance during 2029, with a pilot planned for 2027, and assumes EU law is adopted in 2026. The European Parliament voted on 9 July 2026 to open talks with the Council; no final law is confirmed.

On the record

What has happened, newest first

  1. 2026-07-09Rolling it out

    The European Parliament voted 416 to 169 to open talks with the Council on the digital euro law. Sofia Globe — European Parliament votes to open negotiations on the digital euro ↗

  2. 2026-02-05Rolling it out

    Lithuania selected Procivis to build its national EU wallet sandbox. IDTechWire ↗

UN and WHO

How Lithuania has voted

WHO
Accepted the 2024 rule changes
Pandemic Agreement (May 2025)
No recorded objection
Migration compact (Dec 2018)
Voted yes
Paris climate deal
Party
SDG Index 2026
80.0 · rank 23 of 169
Progress reports to the UN (VNRs)
2

Sovereignty score

How the -3 adds up

  • -1Building a CBDC (development stage) source ↗
  • -1Must offer an EU digital ID wallet by Dec 2026 source ↗
  • -1Prices carbon nationally (tax or emissions trading) source ↗

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Country research checked Oct 2026. Tracker data checked 11 Oct 2026. Every claim links to its source.