First residence permits issued (total)

In 2020, Lithuania's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 5.1% compared to 2019, reaching 22,511.

Lithuania accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 2,332,051.

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 334.7% (from 5,178 in 2015).

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