Lithuania opens more state land options for large investment projects

Lithuania · Investment · 10 September 2026

Lithuania is expanding the incentives available to large investment projects, including easier access to state-owned land.

The Seimas approved amendments on September 10 allowing qualifying large investors to receive reductions in state land lease tax. State-owned land may also be sold to an investor where other legislation does not prohibit it.

The measures will apply only to projects meeting investment, employment and wage criteria. The investment threshold is at least €250 million nationally, but projects in Lithuanian regions outside the municipalities of Vilnius, Kaunas and Klaipėda may qualify with investment above €20 million.

The amendments to the Investment and Land Acts will enter into force on July 1, 2027.

The change strengthens Lithuania’s existing large-project regime by addressing one of the practical constraints facing major industrial investments: access to suitable land. The lower regional investment threshold also gives the measure an explicit regional-development dimension.

Source: Lithuania’s Ministry of the Economy and Innovation, September 10, 2026.