First residence permits — other

In 2024, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 1.5% compared to 2023, reaching 876.

Latvia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 888,784.

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 23.6% (from 709 in 2019).

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