First residence permits issued (total)

In 2023, Lithuania's first residence permits issued (total) increased by 68.9% compared to 2022, reaching 56,073.

Lithuania accounts for 1.5% of the EU-27 total of 3,821,562.

Lithuania ranks 16th 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 357.1% (from 12,267 in 2018).

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