First residence permits issued (total)

In 2019, Lithuania's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 74.6% compared to 2018, reaching 21,415.

Lithuania accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 2,985,017.

Lithuania ranks 22nd 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 195.3% (from 7,252 in 2014).

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