First-time asylum applicants in Lithuania
Lithuania received 330 first-time asylum applications in 2025.
Lithuania, 2025
330
Change from 2024
+11.9%
European Union, 2025
672,350 applicants
Position in 2025
28th of 32
First-time asylum applicants in Lithuania over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Lithuania | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 330 applicants | 672,350 applicants |
| 2024 | 295 applicants | 912,835 applicants |
| 2023 | 510 applicants | 1,049,905 applicants |
| 2022 | 905 applicants | 874,035 applicants |
| 2021 | 3,905 applicants | 536,270 applicants |
| 2020 | 260 applicants | 415,475 applicants |
| 2019 | 625 applicants | 629,230 applicants |
| 2018 | 385 applicants | 564,905 applicants |
| 2017 | 520 applicants | 620,465 applicants |
| 2016 | 415 applicants | 1,167,075 applicants |
| 2015 | 275 applicants | 1,217,185 applicants |
| 2014 | 385 applicants | 530,970 applicants |
| 2013 | 250 applicants | – |
| 2012 | 560 applicants | – |
| 2011 | 405 applicants | – |
| 2010 | 370 applicants | – |
| 2009 | 210 applicants | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +11.9% from 295 applicants in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 275 applicants, the figure has changed by +20.0%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, Lithuania has the 28th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 672,350 applicants.
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51,845 immigrants
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Emigration
28,705 emigrants
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Acquisitions of citizenship
124 people
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Net migration rate
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Net migration estimates and projections
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Net migration
-24,618 people
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