First-time asylum applications

In 2016, Lithuania's first-time asylum applications increased by 53.7% compared to 2015, reaching 415.

Lithuania accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,167,070.

Lithuania ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.5% (from 405 in 2011).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.