First residence permits — education

In 2024, Latvia's first residence permits decreased by 10.1% compared to 2023, reaching 2,916.

Latvia accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 549,458.

Latvia ranks 20th 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 13.2% (from 2,577 in 2019).

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