First residence permits — family

In 2014, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 39.3% compared to 2013, reaching 4,903.

Latvia accounts for 0.8% of the EU-27 total of 584,934.

Latvia ranks 16th 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 546.0% (from 759 in 2009).

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