First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Lithuania
Lithuania: First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants was 86.4% in 2025. ▲ Rising
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Lithuania, 2009–2025
Source: Eurostat. Measured in Percentage.
Analysis
The most recent figure for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Lithuania is 86.4%, measured in 2025.
The figure is up 5.6% on the previous year and up 0.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Lithuania peaked at 99.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 47.0%, in 2009.
That places Lithuania 24th out of 40 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Lithuania, year by year
| Year | Percentage | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 47.0% | — |
| 2010 | 75.2% | +60.0% |
| 2011 | 77.2% | +2.7% |
| 2012 | 86.8% | +12.4% |
| 2013 | 62.7% | -27.8% |
| 2014 | 87.1% | +38.9% |
| 2015 | 86.1% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 95.8% | +11.3% |
| 2017 | 96.1% | +0.3% |
| 2018 | 94.6% | -1.6% |
| 2019 | 96.3% | +1.8% |
| 2020 | 82.0% | -14.8% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +20.7% |
| 2022 | 88.5% | -10.6% |
| 2023 | 88.4% | -0.1% |
| 2024 | 81.8% | -7.5% |
| 2025 | 86.4% | +5.6% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 47.0% | 47.0% | 47.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 85.8% | 62.7% | 96.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 87.7% | 81.8% | 99.0% | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Lithuania?
- First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants in Lithuania was 86.4% in 2025, according to Eurostat.
- What is the highest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Lithuania?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants recorded in Lithuania?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.0% in 2009.
- How does Lithuania rank for first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants?
- Lithuania ranks 24th out of 40 countries with data for 2025.
- Is first-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants rising or falling in Lithuania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lithuania data come from?
- The figures come from Eurostat, published as part of First-time asylum applicants - % of total asylum applicants. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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