First residence permits — education

In 2013, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 19.9% compared to 2012, reaching 808.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 280,956.

Latvia ranks 22nd 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 133.5% (from 346 in 2008).

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