First residence permits issued (total)

In 2022, Lithuania's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 58.3% compared to 2021, reaching 33,199.

Lithuania accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 3,564,926.

Lithuania ranks 21st 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 225.3% (from 10,207 in 2017).

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