First residence permits — work

In 2016, Lithuania's first residence permits increased by 46.4% compared to 2015, reaching 4,082.

Lithuania accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 736,930.

Lithuania ranks 17th 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 243.3% (from 1,189 in 2011).

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