First-time asylum applications

In 2021, Lithuania's first-time asylum applications increased by 1491.8% compared to 2020, reaching 3,900.

Lithuania accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 536,270.

Lithuania ranks 15th 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 839.8% (from 415 in 2016).

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