First residence permits — work

In 2023, Latvia's first residence permits increased by 8.1% compared to 2022, reaching 3,838.

Latvia accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 1,275,215.

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 7.4% (from 3,575 in 2018).

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