LV · 2022 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Latvia, 2022
In 2022, Latvia's first-time asylum applications decreased by 4.3% compared to 2021, reaching 555.
Latvia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 874,040.
Latvia ranks 25th 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 58.6% (from 350 in 2017).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.