First residence permits issued (total)

In 2021, Lithuania's first residence permits issued (total) decreased by 6.8% compared to 2020, reaching 20,977.

Lithuania accounts for 0.6% of the EU-27 total of 3,273,875.

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 210.8% (from 6,750 in 2016).

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