First residence permits — work

In 2018, Lithuania's first residence permits increased by 25.5% compared to 2017, reaching 9,506.

Lithuania accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 984,031.

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 236.9% (from 2,822 in 2013).

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